Life and time of Senator Rose Oko
Life and Time of Senator (Dr) Rose Oko
By Romeon Okwo
Senator representing the Cross River state North constituency Distinguished Senator (Dr) Rose Okuji Oko die early hour of today.
According to one of the family member,the Distinguish Senator had been ill for some time now,but she was gradually recovered before the sudden death.according to resource,the Senator die on Monday early morning in London hospital after a long kidney failure .she is 63 year old.
More detail will made known to the Public in due time.
Brief history of the Distinguished Senator.
Rose Okoji Oko (born 27 September 1956) is a Nigerian politician and senator. She was a Member of the Federal House of Representatives from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),representing Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in Nigeria's 7th class of the National Assembly. She was elected into office as the first female representative from her constituency in June 2011 and sat as Deputy Chairman House Committee on Education. She is the current Senator representing the people of Cross River North Senatorial District. She was elected into office as the first female representative from her Senatorial District in June 2015,which is remarkable.
Rose Okoji Oko
Senator for Cross River North
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2015
Constituency
Cross River North
Member, House of Representatives
In office
June 2011 – June 2015
Constituency
Yala/Ogoja
Personal details
Born
27 September 1956 (age 63)
Cross River State, Nigeria
Alma mater
University of Port Harcourt
Life and education Edit
Born on 27 September 1956 to Agbo Ojeka from Opkoma; Yala LGA, Cross River State and father Thomas Ojeka also from Opkoma. She grew up the first of two from her mother and seventh of fifteen from her father. She collected her first School Leaving Certificate in 1977 from WTC Primary School Enugu after which in 1975 attended Federal school of Arts & Science Ogoja in Cross River State to acquire her Higher School Certificate (Nigeria).[citation needed] In 1981 she graduated with a 2nd Class Upper in B.A.(Hons) Linguistics from the University of Calabar, Cross River state. A Graduate Course in Linguistics shortly followed at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. A career Educationalist, Okoji Oko returned to University of Calabar and graduated with M.A. Linguistics in 1984. By 1990 she graduated from The University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State where she acquired her Doctorate in Linguistics.[citation needed] Several years later in 2007, she enrolled in and graduated from The Management Institute of Canada where she acquired an M.B.A.
Early career
Political career Edit
In 1999 Rose registered and formed part of the team to introduce the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to Cross River State as an inactive member of the party. Between 2002 and 2004 after she retired from public service, she registered and introduced the National Democratic Party (NDP) to Cross River State and served as the Deputy Chairman South, Board of Trustees, NDP. In 2003 when Nigeria held her first democratic election since the handover of power from military to civilian rule, Okoji Oko contested as a senate candidate, Cross River State North Senatorial District under the NDP banner, a contest she lost to the PDP candidate at the time. She continued to serve as chairman of the board of trustees for the NDP party up until 2007, when she ran in the country's second official democratic election as a gubernatorial candidate for Cross River State, a contest she lost to the PDP candidate.
In that same year, she reenlisted as a member with the PDP and in the 2011 democratic elections ran for Member National Assembly, Federal House of Representatives. Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency. A position she holds currently. She was elected as a senator and she represents the north of the state where she was born. There were over 100 senators elected in the 8th National Assembly in 2015, but only six of these were women. The others were Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife who both represent Anambra. Fatimat Raji Rasaki, Oluremi Tinubu and Binta Garba.[2]
Senator Oko commenced a four-year tenure as Member House of Representatives, Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in June 2011. That year she was appointed to the following committees:
Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Education[4]
Member, House Committee on Gas
Member, House Committee on Public Accounts
Member, House Committee on Works
Member, House Committee on Industry
Member, House Committee on Army
Member, House Committee on Women Affairs[4]
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Edit
She was elected a Senator representing Cross River North senatorial district
May hersoul rest with lord.
By Romeon Okwo
Senator representing the Cross River state North constituency Distinguished Senator (Dr) Rose Okuji Oko die early hour of today.
According to one of the family member,the Distinguish Senator had been ill for some time now,but she was gradually recovered before the sudden death.according to resource,the Senator die on Monday early morning in London hospital after a long kidney failure .she is 63 year old.
More detail will made known to the Public in due time.
Brief history of the Distinguished Senator.
Rose Okoji Oko (born 27 September 1956) is a Nigerian politician and senator. She was a Member of the Federal House of Representatives from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),representing Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in Nigeria's 7th class of the National Assembly. She was elected into office as the first female representative from her constituency in June 2011 and sat as Deputy Chairman House Committee on Education. She is the current Senator representing the people of Cross River North Senatorial District. She was elected into office as the first female representative from her Senatorial District in June 2015,which is remarkable.
Rose Okoji Oko
Senator for Cross River North
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2015
Constituency
Cross River North
Member, House of Representatives
In office
June 2011 – June 2015
Constituency
Yala/Ogoja
Personal details
Born
27 September 1956 (age 63)
Cross River State, Nigeria
Alma mater
University of Port Harcourt
Life and education Edit
Born on 27 September 1956 to Agbo Ojeka from Opkoma; Yala LGA, Cross River State and father Thomas Ojeka also from Opkoma. She grew up the first of two from her mother and seventh of fifteen from her father. She collected her first School Leaving Certificate in 1977 from WTC Primary School Enugu after which in 1975 attended Federal school of Arts & Science Ogoja in Cross River State to acquire her Higher School Certificate (Nigeria).[citation needed] In 1981 she graduated with a 2nd Class Upper in B.A.(Hons) Linguistics from the University of Calabar, Cross River state. A Graduate Course in Linguistics shortly followed at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. A career Educationalist, Okoji Oko returned to University of Calabar and graduated with M.A. Linguistics in 1984. By 1990 she graduated from The University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State where she acquired her Doctorate in Linguistics.[citation needed] Several years later in 2007, she enrolled in and graduated from The Management Institute of Canada where she acquired an M.B.A.
Early career
Political career Edit
In 1999 Rose registered and formed part of the team to introduce the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to Cross River State as an inactive member of the party. Between 2002 and 2004 after she retired from public service, she registered and introduced the National Democratic Party (NDP) to Cross River State and served as the Deputy Chairman South, Board of Trustees, NDP. In 2003 when Nigeria held her first democratic election since the handover of power from military to civilian rule, Okoji Oko contested as a senate candidate, Cross River State North Senatorial District under the NDP banner, a contest she lost to the PDP candidate at the time. She continued to serve as chairman of the board of trustees for the NDP party up until 2007, when she ran in the country's second official democratic election as a gubernatorial candidate for Cross River State, a contest she lost to the PDP candidate.
In that same year, she reenlisted as a member with the PDP and in the 2011 democratic elections ran for Member National Assembly, Federal House of Representatives. Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency. A position she holds currently. She was elected as a senator and she represents the north of the state where she was born. There were over 100 senators elected in the 8th National Assembly in 2015, but only six of these were women. The others were Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife who both represent Anambra. Fatimat Raji Rasaki, Oluremi Tinubu and Binta Garba.[2]
Senator Oko commenced a four-year tenure as Member House of Representatives, Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency in June 2011. That year she was appointed to the following committees:
Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Education[4]
Member, House Committee on Gas
Member, House Committee on Public Accounts
Member, House Committee on Works
Member, House Committee on Industry
Member, House Committee on Army
Member, House Committee on Women Affairs[4]
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Edit
She was elected a Senator representing Cross River North senatorial district
May hersoul rest with lord.
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