Uche Chukwumerije (born November 1939) was elected a Senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2003, representing
Abia North Senatorial District.
Chukwumerije served as minister of information in the dying days of
the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida. Chukwumerije served as
minister of information in the interim national government of Ernest
Shonekan.[
His son Chika won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Uche funded his training.
His other son, Dikeogu Egwuatu Chukwumerije, is a writer and a
performance poet. He also hosts the Abuja Literary Society (ALS)’s Night
of Spoken Words. He has written books like The African American, One
Nigeria: The Birth and Evolution of an Idea, The Revolution Has No
Tribe: Contemporary Poetry on African History, Culture and Society
Co-written with Azuka Juachi Okonji, Strategic Love: Simple Rules That
Make Love Work and many others. He also did a tribute to the legendary
Chinua Achebe titles ‘Nna Anyi, Is It True?’ after his demise. His
writings can be found on dikechukwumerije.blogspot.com Dike is married
with children.
In the Fourth Republic, Chukwumerije was elected to the Senate on the Peoples Democratic Party’s platform, but he fell out of favor with the party’s leadership when he opposed the Third Term Agenda. Chukwumerije eventually decamped to theProgressive Peoples Alliance in 2006, and was reelected to the Senate on April 28, 2007.
Chukwumerije is divorced with 7 children.Chukwumerije studied economics at the University of Ibadan.
Chukwumerije was reelected on the PDP platform in the April 2011 elections.
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