Helen Esuene
Nigerian politician (born 1949)
Helen Udoakagha Esuene | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Health | |
| In office July 2005 – January 2006 | |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office January 2006 – January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Iyorchia Ayu |
| Minister of Environment and Housing | |
| In office January 2007 – May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Rahman Mimiko (Housing) |
| Succeeded by | Halima Tayo Alao |
| Senator for Akwa Ibom South | |
| In office April 2011 – May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Eme Ufot Ekaette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1949 (1949-11-23) (age 74) |
Helen U. Esuene listenⓘ (born 23 November 1949[1]) is a former Nigerian civil servant who was appointed Minister of State for Health, and later Minister of Environment and Housing in the Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo between 2005 and 2007.[citation needed]
Background
Esuene took a course in Confidential Secretaryship and Office Management at the Federal Training Centre in Kaduna and started her civil service career as a confidential secretary. Later she did a distance course from the University of Leicester and obtained Msc in finance. Shortly after she married the former military governor of the old Cross River State, Chief Udoakaha Esuene, who died in 1996. They had two girls and three boys. She went into business, starting with human resource management for Mobil Producing. Later she started what became Villa Marina Hotel in Eket, opening in 2000. She built an art gallery as a memorial to the over 59 women gunned down by the Colonial Lords along Consulate road in Ikot Abasi during the 1929 women protest.[2][3]
Obasanjo cabinet
Esuene was appointed Minister of State for Health in July 2005.[4] She was appointed Minister of Environment in January 2006. After a cabinet reshuffle in January 2007, Esuene was given an expanded portfolio as Minister of Environment and Housing.[5] She left office in May 2009 at the end of the Obasanjo administration.
Senate
Helen Essuene was the candidate for the Senatorial seat of Akwa Ibom South in the April 2011 Nigeria general elections, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP platform).[6]
References
- ^ "Helen Udoakaha Esuene". Ring For Change. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Aba Women's Riots (November-December 1929) •". 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Nseobong Okon-Ekong (12 December 2009). "Helen Esuene Emerging From the Shadow of a Famous Husband". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "As Obasanjo Reshuffles Cabinet... Ministers Under Probe for Corruption". BNW News. July 14, 2005. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ KABIRU YUSUF (January 11, 2007). "Obasanjo reshuffles cabinet...Swears-in 6 new ministers". Daily Triumph. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ EMMANUEL CHIDIOGO (April 11, 2011). "PDP sweeps Akwa-Ibom". Daily Times. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
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Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo 2003–2007
- Atiku Abubakar (May 2003–May 2007)
- Adamu Bello (July 2003–May 2007)
- Isa Yuguda (July 2003–July 2005)
- Babalola Borishade (July 2005–Nov 2006)
- Femi Fani-Kayode (November 2006–May 2007)
- Idris Waziri (July 2003–June 2006)
- Aliyu Modibbo Umar (Commerce July 2006–January 2007, Commerce and Industry January 2007–May 2007)
- Cornelius Adebayo (July 2003–Aug 2006)
- Obafemi Anibaba (Aug 2006–Jan 2007)
- Frank Nweke (Jan 2007–May 2007)
- Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (July 2003–2006)
- Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi (2006–May 2007)
- Fabian Osuji (July 2003–Mar 2005)
- Chinwe Obaji (June 2005–June 2006)
- Obiageli Ezekwesili (June 2006–May 2007)
- Edmund Daukoru (July 2003–May 2007)
- Bala Mande (–July 2005)
- Iyorchia Ayu (June 2005–Dec 2005)
- Helen Esuene (Jan 2006–May 2007)
- Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai (July 2003–May 2007)
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (July 2003–July 2006)
- Nnenadi Usman (July 2006–May 2007)
- Oluyemi Adeniji (July 2003–July 2006)
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (July 2006–August 2006)
- Joy Ogwu (August 2006–May 2007)
- Eyitayo Lambo (July 2003–May 2007)
(merged into Environment Jan 2007)
- Rahman Mimiko (June 2005–January 2007)
- Chukwuemeka Chikelu (July 2003–June 2005)
- Frank Nweke (June 2005–May 2007)
(merged to Commerce & Industry Jan 2007)
- Magaji Muhammed (–June 2005)
- Fidelis Tapgun (June 2005–January 2007)
- Iyorchia Ayu (–June 2005)
- Magaji Muhammed (June 2005–June 2006)
- Oluyemi Adeniji (June 2006–May 2007)
- Akin Olujimi (–June 2005)
- Bayo Ojo (June 2005–May 2007)
- Hassan Muhammed Lawal (July 2003–May 2007)
- Abdallah Wali (Jan 2007–May 2007)
(merged into Interior in Jan 2007)
- Broderick Bozimo (July 2003–January 2007)
- Liyel Imoke (July 2003–January 2007)
- Isoun Turner (July 2003–May 2007)
(later Mines & Steel)
- Odion Ugbesia (–June 2005)
- Obiageli Ezekwesili (June 2005–)
- Leslye Obiora (Jan 2007–May 2007)
- Musa Mohammed (July 2003–July 2005)
- Saidu Samaila Sambawa (July 2005–June 2006)
- Bala Bawa Ka'oje (June 2006–May 2007)
- Femi Fani-Kayode (2006)
- Babalola Borishade (2006–May 2007)
- Precious Sekibo (July 2003–January 2007)
- Cornelius Adebayo (Jan 2007–May 2007)
(merged with Agriculture Jan 2007)
- Muktar Shagari (July 2003–January 2007)
- Rita Akpan (July 2003–June 2005)
- Maryam Ciroma (June 2005–May 2007)
- Adeseye Ogunlewe (July 2003–March 2006)
- Obafemi Anibaba (March 2006–Sep 2006)
- Cornelius Adebayo (Sep 2006–Jan 2007)
- Frank Nweke (April 2004–June 2005)
- Musa Mohammed (July 2005–June 2006)
- S. A. Jankanda (January 2007–May 2007)
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