Ifeanyi Ararume

Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume
Senator for Imo North
In office
May 1999 – May 2007
Succeeded bySylvester Anyanwu
Senator for Imo North
Incumbent
Assumed office
Dec 2020
Preceded byBenjamin Uwajumogu
Personal details
Born16 December 1958 (1958-12-16) (age 65)
Imo State, Nigeria
Political partyAPC

Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume (born 16 December 1958) is a Nigerian politician who was appointed by the country's minister of Petroleum Resources, as the Chairman, board of management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), in the wake of implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). He is the senator representing Imo North at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly. He was elected Senator for the Imo North (Okigwe) constituency of Imo State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[1] He was re-elected in April 2003.[2] After taking his seat in the Senate[3] in June 1999, Ararume was appointed to committees on Communications, Police Affairs, Federal Character, Finance & Appropriation, Information and Niger Delta (vice chair).[4]

Ararume won the PDP primaries in 2007 to run for governor of Imo State. The party chose to run Charles Ugwu in his place. Ararume protested this decision and secured a Supreme Court ruling in his favor. The party expelled him and chose not to field a candidate, leaving the field open for Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA).[5]

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  3. ^ "The National Assembly". The National Assembly. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2018-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  5. ^ CHRISTIAN ITA and DENNIS MERNYI (8 July 2007). "Ugwu, Madueke, others face hurdle". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-24.