Martin Nwancho Elechi is a Nigerian economist and politician. He served as the governor of Ebonyi State from 2007 to 2015.[1] He ran in the 2007 Nigerian general election on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket and assumed the position on 29 May 2007, succeeding Sam Egwu.
Elechi ran successfully for re-election on 26 April 2011. In 2017 Elechi left the People Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Congress (APC).[2] He left as a result of the Impunity, corruption, an absence of respect for freedom, and a lack of public opinion sensitivity that plagued the Party.[3]
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Martin Nwancho Elechi is a Nigerian economist and politician. He served as the governor of Ebonyi State from 2007 to 2015. He ran in the 2007 Nigerian...
of Ebonyi State on a ticket with the-then Governor MartinElechi. However, in 2014, Governor Elechi supported Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, as...
marriage.[citation needed] Elechi is married to Chief MartinElechi and has four children, three boys and one girl. Elechi is a member of the Izzi ethnic...
Military Sam Egwu Governor 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 PDP Emmanuel Isu MartinElechi Governor 29 May 2007 29 May 2015 PDP Dave Umahi Dave Umahi Governor...
Prince Pat Abii (who was gunning to be governor of Imo State); Chief MartinElechi; Chief Chekwas Okorie; Chief Jerry Okoro; Mrs. Joy Emordi (aspiring...
gubernatorial ticket in 2007 against incumbent governor of Ebonyi State, Chief MartinElechi but lost. He later vied for the PDP national chairmanship position but...
Democratic Party nominee MartinElechi won the election, defeating Ogbonnaya Onu of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. MartinElechi from the People's Democratic...
uneasy relationship between Anyim and the Governor of Ebonyi State, MartinElechi. Anyim's village was boiling, with several indigenes in exile. He was...
around 600,000. Ikwo language is spoken in Ebonyi and Cross River. Chief MartinElechi, former Governor of Ebonyi State. Eric Kelechi Igwe, Deputy Governor...
Defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League Martin Offiah Agnes Okoh (1905-1995), Founder of Christ Holy Church International...
nominee MartinElechi won the election, defeating Julius Ucha of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. A total of 9 candidates contested in the election. Martin Elechi...
office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 Preceded by Simeon Oduoye Succeeded by MartinElechi Minister of Education In office 17 December 2008 – 17 March 2010 Preceded...
Succeed Elechi". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-24. "Rough And Tumble Politics In Ebonyi, As Elechi Battles...
for Economic Empowerment and Poverty Reduction in the government of MartinElechi. In this role he supervised construction and stocking of 35 catfish...
State School Rebisi Amaikibo Road VII; Obiri Wokora; Obiri Elechi I; Obiri Elechi II; Obiri Elechi III; St. Thomas School I; St. Thomas School II; St. Thomas...
government for allegedly contributing to the fall of Onitsha and Enugu" Elechi Amadi, author of The Concubine and The Great Ponds, recalls in his memoir...
Nigerian civil war (Frank Kass and Co., London, 1972). ISBN 0-7146-2930-8 Elechi Amadi: Sunset in Biafra: A Civil War Diary (Heinemann, African Writers Series...
Ralph Willis (1912). Among the Ibos of Nigeria. Seeley, Service. p. 216. Elechi, O. Oko (2006). Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria...
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