Nkechi Ikpeazu

Nkechi Ikpeazu
Born Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Occupation Politician
Home town Umuorji Ohanze, Obingwa Abia State, Nigeria
Spouse(s) Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, Nigeria.

Nkechi Caroline Ikpeazu (née Nwakanma) is the wife of the current Governor of Abia State located in the southeast of Nigeria.[1]

Early life and education

Nkechi Ikpeazu was born in the early 1960s at Ile Ife. She hails from Ohanze Isiaha in Obingwa LGA of Abia State. She attended Community Primary School Ohanze; Girls High School, Aba; Teacher Training College Ihie; Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri; Enugu University of Science and Technology Enugu; University of Nigeria Nsukka; and the National Open University of Nigeria. She possess an NCE in Business Studies, a bachelor's degree in Cooperatives and Rural Development, a post graduate Diploma in Management and a master's degree in Management. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Abia State University, Uturu.

Career

She has worked as a teacher, an accounts executive with Camway Ventures Lagos, a ten-year stint as a banker with Lobi Bank between 1986 and 1996, and as a Registrar of Cooperatives with Abia State Government.

Ikpeazu is a sports promoter and the major backer of the women football premier league club side, Abia Angels FC.[2]

Charitable work

Through her NGO, the Vicar Hope Foundation, VHF, she has built several homes for indigent persons. The Vicar Hope Foundation VHF is also involved in providing better healthcare for mother and child, battling cancer, diabetes, and sickle cell. VHF is currently building a sickle cell hospital/cancer diagnosis and treatment centre in Umuahia and hopes to offer subsidized treatment to patients.[3][4][5][6][7]

Family life

She is married to the current Governor of Abia State Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who hails from Umuobiakwa, Obingwa LGA. Together they have two boys and two girls. Ikpeazu is a Deaconess of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and professes a close relationship with God.

References

  1. ↑ "Abia Governor's Wife offers scholarship to Alma-maters best student". Vanguardngr.com. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Ikpeazu's Wife Lauds Abia Angels". ngrguardiannews.com. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Nkechi Ikpeazu lifts widows, the blind with houses". ngrguardiannews.com. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ↑ "Ikpeazu's wife advocates regular diabetes check". Diabetes UK. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Abia Governor's Wife offers scholarship to Alma-maters best student". Vanguardngr.com. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Abia Governor's Wife offers scholarship to Alma-maters best student". Vanguardngr.com. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  7. ↑ "Abia Governor's Wife offers scholarship to Alma-maters best student". Vanguardngr.com. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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