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Biography of Chris Ngige, The
Minister of Labour And
Employment.
In the year 2003, Chris Ngige contested
election and won, becoming an elected
governor of Anambra State. Assuming office,
he broke ranks with some PDP bigwigs, who
unsuccessfully attempted to remove him from
office on July 10, 2003, through a fabricated
letter of resignation which the state assembly
accepted as genuine. Chris Ngige’s election
was however challenged in the election
tribunal. In August 2005, the Governorship
and National Assembly Election Tribunal led
by Justice Nabaruma nullified Ngige's 2003
election victory. He went on appeal to the
Court of Appeal, but the annulment was
affirmed on 15 March 2006, in a judgment
awarding victory to Peter Obi of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). As no
further appeals were possible, Chris Ngige
accepted the judgment in good faith and
urged the good people of Anambra to give
their total support to Mr. Peter Obi. Anambra
State recorded lots of positive change in the
33 months that Chris Ngige was in office,
especially in the area of road construction,
which left him in good standing with the
Anambra electorate. On February 6, 2010,
Chris Ngige contested for the governorship of
Anambra State alongside other notable
Anambra politicians including Andy Uba,
Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Nicholas
Ukachukwu, Uche Ekwunife, Peter Obi etc. A
total of 25 candidates actually contested in
that election. However, the then incumbent
governor Peter Obi eventually emerged the
winner, leading to his second term as the
governor of Anambra State.
AIn April 2011, Chris Ngige
contested for and won election
as Senator representing
Anambra Central Senatorial
zone, on the platform of Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN). At
the end of the election exercise,
Chris Ngige was declared the
winner over Professor Dora
Akunyili of the APGA, with
69,765 votes to Akunyili's
69,292. After the end of his
tenure as a senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Chris Ngige contested again, but
this time, he lost the election to
Uche Ekwunife. In September
2015, president Muhammadu
Buhari appointed Chris Ngige as
the minister of Labour and
Eployment for the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, and he was
successfully screened by the
senate.