World Water Day Fallout: The Role Of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri –Nigeria’s Minister Of state For Agriculture And Rural development Applauded
In Nigeria it was one
of the best, Awdrop in conjunction with the Agro-Rural water supply initiative
(--RUWASI) under the partnership with the federal ministry of agriculture &
Rural development celebrated that day which the UN has termed " Water:
Leaving no one behind”
DAYS after the event, sources
within the Rural department unit headed by visionary leader Engr Daniel Udo- are still applauding Senator Heineken
Lokpobiri –Nigeria’s Minister Of state For Agriculture And Rural development for
his support.
A source who spoke to us stated “ The minister of state
is directly in charge of our unit at rural development, he is a man of deep
listening ears and lover of rural development, his corporation to all our
visions and objective at the rural unit is nothing but absolute” we were told
Heineken Lokpobiri :A Brief Profile
Senator
Heineken Lokpobiri was born on March 3, 1967 in Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa State He completed his secondary education at
Government Secondary School Borokiri, Port Harcourt in1988.
He studied law at the
Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt and was
called to Baras a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in
1995.
He proceeded to Leeds
Beckett University in Leeds, United Kingdom where he bagged a Masters Degree in
Law (LLM) in 2012 and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2016.
Other courses he
recently attended include:The Oxford High Performance Leadership Programme of
the University of Oxford in November 2012; Programme on United States Election
System –International Law Institute, Georgetown University Washington, D. C in
April 2014 and Executive – Legislature Relations & Effective Legislative
performance – Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns
Hopkins University, Washington D. C – April 2014.
POLITICAL CAREER
Senator Lokpobiri
began his political career at the state level, where he represented Ekeremor
Constituency II and was elected Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of assembly
in 1999.
From 2003 to 2007, he
was a Principal Legal Director at Lokpobiri and Co (Legal Practitioners and
Consultants) and also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Federal
Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).
Senator Lokopbiri
represented Bayelsa West in the 6th National Assembly of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria and served as Chairman, Senate Committee on Sports and Social
Development and member, Committees on Niger Delta, Police Affairs, Federal
Capital Territory, Petroleum (Down Stream) and Public Accounts 2007 – 2011.
He was re-elected to
represent Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the Senate of the 7th National
Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and was Chairman, Senate Committee
on Water Resources; and member, Committees on Sports, Industries, Ethics &
Privileges, Petroleum (Up Stream) and Niger Delta Affairs from 2007 – 2015.
He was appointed
Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural development on November 11, 2015.
Senator Heineken
Lokpobiri was born on March 3, 1967 in Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa State.
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