Tony Nwoye
 |
Tony Nwoye | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Anambra North | |
| Assumed office June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Stella Oduah |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Anambra East/West | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1974 Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Labour Party (LP) |
Dr. Tony Okechukwu Nwoye (born 13 September 1974) is a Nigerian politician, serving as the Senator of Anambra North Senatorial District. He was a former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing the people of Anambra East/West constituency of Anambra state. He was a gubernatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2013 Anambra State governorship election and was also a gubernatorial candidate of the APC in the 2017 Anambra State governorship election. He is currently a member of the Labour Party.[1]
Background
[edit]Nwoye was born to the family of chief and Mrs. Lawrence Nwoye of Offianta Nsugbe on 13 September 1974. He went to Metropolitan Secondary School, Onitsha for his secondary education from where he proceeded to study medicine in the University of Nigeria college of medicine and later furthered his knowledge of medicine at the Ebonyi state University and sworn in as a medical doctor.[2]
Political career
[edit]Nwoye started his political career as a medical student where he functioned in different capacities as a leader. He was noted to have fought for student unionism. He later became the first medical student to become the speaker of the student union House of Representatives at the University of Nigeria. He received an award from the then Vice Chancellor, Prof Ginigeme Mbanefo, for the role he played in fighting cultism in the school. He became the national president [3] in December 2003.
He rose to state power as Assistant Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Anambra State PDP in 2005 and by 2006 at the age of 31, he became the Chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Anambra State PDP making him the youngest State Chairman of a major political party in the entire nation. In 2014 he unsuccessfully contested for Anambra State election under PDP.[4] In 2015, he won a case at the Election Tribunal over the APGA (All Progressive Grand Alliance) candidate, Peter Madubueze, to become the representative for Anambra East and West in the Federal House of Representatives.[5]
In 2016, Nwoye left PDP and joined APC (All Progressives Congress).[6] He successfully won the party's governship nomination against many veteran politicans like Andy Uba. He ran for the 2017 Anambra State gubernatorial elections with Dozie Ikedife Jr. as his running mate. They lost to the former incumbent Willie Obiano of the APGA party.[7]
In 2022 he moved to Labor Party and won the nomination for the Anambra Senatorial Elections. He won the seat and began serving as Senator in June of 2023.[8]
Business
[edit]He is the founder and non executive Director of Vintage Consolidated Ltd.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Report, Agency (2017-08-27). "Anambra Governorship: Tony Nwoye emerges APC candidate, floors Andy Uba, others". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ "Politics - Anambra Election: 10 Things You Should Know About APC Candidate, Tony Nwoye". Nigerian Bulletin. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ national association of Nigeria student (NANS)
- ^ "› 2013 › 08 Anambra 2014: Can Tukur save PDP - Vanguard News". vanguardngr.
- ^ Odunsi, Wale (2015-10-13). "Tribunal declares PDP's Tony Nwoye winner of Anambra Reps election". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ eribake, akintayo (2016-05-31). "Nwoye dumps PDP for APC". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ vanguard (2017-11-20). "Anambra election: Obaze rejects results as INEC declares Obiano winner". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ Obianeri, Ikenna (2023-03-04). "INEC officially declares Nwoye winner Anambra North senatorial seat". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "› Bio | Tony Nwoye". tonynwoye.com.
External links
[edit]- http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/nwoye-dumps-pdp-apc-empowers-constituents/
- https://www.informationng.com/tag/tony-nwoye
- https://totalmandategg.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/the-man-tony-nwoye-the-next-governor-of-anambra-state/
- http://nigerianpilot.com/anambra-politics-new-gladiators-apc-emerge/
- http://www.herald.ng/why-ndigbo-are-leaving-pdp-for-apc-nwoye/
- https://www.channelstv.com/2017/11/19/breaking-official-results-anambra-governorship-election/