Patricia Akwashiki
| Patricia Naomi Akwashiki | |
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| Senator for Nasarawa North | |
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In office 29 May 2007 – May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | John Danboyi |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Musa Nagogo |
| Nigerian Minister of Information | |
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In office March 2015 – May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Labaran Maku |
| Succeeded by | Lai Mohammed |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 November 1953 Nasarawa State, Nigeria |
Patricia Naomi Akwashiki (born 2 November 1953) was elected Senator for the Nasarawa North constituency of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. She is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).[1]
Akwashiki earned a BA in Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1982. She entered the banking industry, where she became a senior manager.[1] She was elected to the 5th Assembly (2003–2007) of the House of Representatives on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. She failed to win the PDP nomination to run for a second term, and transferred to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), on which ticket she won election in 2007 as Senator for Nasarawa North.[2]
After taking her seat in the Senate in May 2007, Akwashiki was appointed to committees on States & Local Government, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Communications, Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions and Women and Youth.[1] In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that she sponsored a bill to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau and contributed brilliantly to debate in plenary and committee assignments.[3] In January 2010 she returned to the PDP, citing injustice and insensitivity of the ANPP national secretariat and factional infighting in the state chapter of the party as reasons.[4] In March 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Senator Patricia Akwashiki as the Minister of Information.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Sen. Patricia N. Akwashiki". National Assembly of Nigeria. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ "Akwashiki - Senator Without Constituency?". Daily Independent. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ "An Improved Senate, But Some Uninspiring Senators...". ThisDay. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ Andrew Oota (23 January 2010). "Why I Dumped ANPP - Senator Akwashiki". Leadership. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ http://newswirengr.com/2015/03/18/breaking-jonathan-appoints-senator-patricia-akwashiki-minister-of-information-obanikoro-foreign-affairs/