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Aguma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_State_Government" title="Secretary to the State Government">Secretary to the State Government</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Kobani" title="Kenneth Kobani">Kenneth Kobani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Woke" title="Chukwuemeka Woke">Chukwuemeka Woke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Rivers_State" title="Executive Council of Rivers State">Executive Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministries_of_Rivers_State" title="List of government ministries of Rivers State">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_agencies_of_Rivers_State" title="List of government agencies of Rivers State">Agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Rivers State House of Assembly">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Rivers State House of Assembly">House of Assembly</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Rivers_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ikuinyi_O._Ibani" title="Ikuinyi O. 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The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nigeria#1999_constitution_.28Fourth_Republic.29" title="Constitution of Nigeria">Constitution of 1999</a> requires that the gubernatorial nominee of a party select his or her deputy governor running mate after the primary. The deputy governor's duties include assisting the governor and replacing them in the case of death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence or incapacity due to illness. </p><p>Since 1999, individuals who have held this office have been members of the <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Odu" title="Ngozi Odu">Ngozi Odu</a> is the current deputy governor since 29 May 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifications">Qualifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As in the case of the governor, in order to be qualified to be elected as Deputy Governor, a person must: </p> <ul><li>be at least thirty-five (35) years of age;</li> <li>be a Nigerian citizen by birth;</li> <li>be a member of a political party with endorsement by that political party;</li> <li>have School Certificate or its equivalent.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_and_tenure">Election and tenure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election and tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The deputy governor is elected through <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/popular_vote" class="extiw" title="wikt:popular vote">popular vote</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> with the governor for a term of four years. They may be re-elected for a second term but may not serve for more than two consecutive terms.<sup id="cite_ref-code_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-code-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_deputy_governors">List of deputy governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of deputy governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th width="60px">Picture </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td>1 </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Eke" title="Frank Eke">Frank Eke</a> </td> <td>October 1979 </td> <td>December 1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Nigeria" title="National Party of Nigeria">NPN</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFA0"> <td>2 </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Odili" title="Peter Odili">Peter Odili</a> </td> <td>January 1992 </td> <td>November 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Convention" title="National Republican Convention">NRC</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF0000"> <td>3 </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Toby" title="Gabriel Toby">Gabriel Toby</a> </td> <td>29 May 1999 </td> <td>29 May 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF0000"> <td>4 </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tele_Ikuru" title="Tele Ikuru">Tele Ikuru</a> </td> <td>29 May 2007 </td> <td>25 October 2007 <small>(annulled)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF0000"> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State,_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg/60px-Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg/90px-Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg/120px-Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State%2C_Engr-_Tele_Ikuru_2014-06-08_09-49.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tele_Ikuru" title="Tele Ikuru">Tele Ikuru</a> </td> <td>26 October 2007 </td> <td>29 May 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF0000"> <td>6 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ipalibo_Banigo" title="Ipalibo Banigo">Ipalibo Banigo</a> </td> <td>29 May 2015 </td> <td>29 May 2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FF0000"> <td>7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg/60px-Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg/90px-Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg/120px-Deputy_Governor_Ngozi_Nma_Odu_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="811" data-file-height="871" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Odu" title="Ngozi Odu">Ngozi Odu</a> </td> <td>29 May 2023 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">PDP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>Parties:</b> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Nigeria" title="National Party of Nigeria">National Party of Nigeria</a> (NPN), <a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Convention" title="National Republican Convention">National Republican Convention</a> (NRC), <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Rivers State People's Democratic Party">People's Democratic Party</a> (PDP) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rivers_State" title="Governor of Rivers State">Governor of Rivers State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rivers_State" title="List of governors of Rivers State">List of governors of Rivers State</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Governor_of_Rivers_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Rivers_State" title="List of cities and towns in Rivers State">Cities and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abalama" title="Abalama">Abalama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abonnema" title="Abonnema">Abonnema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahoada" title="Ahoada">Ahoada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ataba,_Rivers_State" title="Ataba, Rivers State">Ataba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonny,_Nigeria" title="Bonny, Nigeria">Bonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo,_Nigeria" title="Bodo, Nigeria">Bodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bori_City" title="Bori City">Bori City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buguma" title="Buguma">Buguma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elele" title="Elele">Elele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emohua_Town" title="Emohua Town">Emohua</a></li> <li>Igrita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igwuruta" 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title="Akuku-Toru">Akuku-Toru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andoni" title="Andoni">Andoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asari-Toru" title="Asari-Toru">Asari-Toru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonny,_Nigeria" title="Bonny, Nigeria">Bonny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degema,_Rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="Degema, Rivers">Degema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleme,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleme, Rivers State">Eleme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emohua" title="Emohua">Emohua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etche" title="Etche">Etche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokana,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Gokana, Rivers State">Gokana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikwerre,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikwerre, Rivers State">Ikwerre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khana,_Rivers_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Khana, Rivers State">Khana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obio-Akpor" title="Obio-Akpor">Obio-Akpor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogba%E2%80%93Egbema%E2%80%93Ndoni" title="Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni">Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogu%E2%80%93Bolo" title="Ogu–Bolo">Ogu–Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okrika" title="Okrika">Okrika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omuma" class="mw-redirect" title="Omuma">Omuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opobo%E2%80%93Nkoro" title="Opobo–Nkoro">Opobo–Nkoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyigbo" title="Oyigbo">Oyigbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_(local_government_area)" title="Port Harcourt (local government area)">Port Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai,_Rivers" title="Tai, Rivers">Tai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Port_Harcourt" title="Greater Port Harcourt">Greater Port Harcourt</a></li></ul> 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