Acho Nwakanma

Acho Nwakanma
Deputy Governor of Abia State
In office
18 August 2010 – 29 May 2011
GovernorTheodore Orji
Preceded byChris Akomas
Succeeded byEmeka Ananaba
In office
March 2006 – 29 May 2007
GovernorOrji Uzor Kalu
Preceded byChima Nwafor
Succeeded byChris Akomas
Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly
In office
June 2003 – March 2006
SpeakerStanley Ugochukwu Ohajuruka
Preceded byEmeka Stanley
Succeeded byUzor Azubuike
Member of the Abia State House of Assembly
In office
June 1999 – March 2006
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded bySolomon Akpulonu
ConstituencyObingwa East
Personal details
Born
Eric Iheanocho Nwakanma

(1958-04-26) 26 April 1958 (age 66)
NationalityNigerian
Political partyPeoples Democratic Party (1998–2006, 2010–present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Peoples Alliance (2006–2010)
Spouse
Joy Ezinwanyi Nwakanma
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(m. 1987)​
Children4
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman
Websitewww.achonwakanma2015.com[1]

Eric Iheanacho "Acho" Nwakanma (// ⓘ; born 26 April 1958) is a Nigerian politician, businessman and philanthropist who served twice as the deputy governor of Abia State from 2006 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2011.[2]

His political career began in 1999 when he was elected into the Abia State House of Assembly to represent Obingwa East State Constituency. In 2003 he was re-elected and subsequently named deputy speaker of the House of Assembly until Kalu nominated him as deputy governor in 2006. He contested the 2007 Senatorial elections for Abia South Senatorial District on the platform of the Progressive Peoples Alliance but lost to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in a post election legal battle.[3] On 18 August 2010, Orji again named him as deputy governor to succeed Chris Akomas.[4][5][6]

Nwakanma nursed the ambition of becoming the governor of Abia State at the end of Orji's tenure in 2015. He lost the bid to his brother-in-law Okezie Ikpeazu.[7][8] In April 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him as Chairman of the Board of National Neuro Psychiatry Hospital, Enugu.[9][10]

  1. ^ ""ACHO2015" www.achonwakanma2015.com". The Acho Nwakanma Media Team. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "ACHO NWAKANMA IS NEW ABIA DEPUTY GOVERNOR -newafricanpress News". newafricanpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ^ "HON. ERIC ACHO NWAKANMA V. ENYINNAYA ABARIBE & ORS CITATION: (2008) LPELR-CA/PH/EPT/220/2008-in The Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Judicial Division". lawpavillionpersonal.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Why I fell out with Gov T.A Orji -Comrade Akomas". pointblanknews.com/Interviews. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Nigeria: Orji Nominates Nwakanma as Deputy 17 AUGUST 2010". AllAfrica. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Nwakanma Sworn in as Abia New Deputy Governor". www.vanguardngr.com. 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Combatants of Abia 2015 Governorship Contest". www.mydailynewswatchng.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Okezie Ikpeazu wins Abia Guber Polls". Leadership Newspapers. 26 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  9. ^ "President Jonathan appoints Chairmen of 12 Federal Hospitals". www.nigerianewsday.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Nwakanma Advocates Better Treatment for Mentally ill". www.blueprint.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.