
Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is a Nigerian Politician who is the incumbent Governor of Enugu State.
He is a Maritime Lawyer, Financial Analyst and CEO of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd.
He is a Fellow of the Certified Institute of Public Administration and Management (CIPM), a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and Nigerian Bar Association.
Profile details
Name: Peter Ndubuisi Mbah
Born: 17th March, 1972
State of Origin: Enugu State, Nigeria
Education: Lagos State University
Marital status: Married
Political party: Peoples Democratic Party
Career: Politician, Lawyer, businessman
Religion: Christianity
Biography
Born into a Christian family in Owo, Nkanu East LGA of Enugu state on March 17th, 1972.
He attended Army Children’s School, Bori Camp, Portharcourt and Owode High School, Owode Egba Ogun State.
He bagged a degree in Law at the University of East London in the year 2000 and a Master’s degree in Maritime and Commercial Law from the Lagos State University in 2004.
He also has an MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona Spain, and Post Graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Political Science by Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, in 2021.
He is a Fellow of the Certified Institute of Public Administration and Management (CIPM), a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and Nigerian Bar Association.
Career
After graduation, Dr. Peter Mbah participated in the National Youth Service Corps in Udeh and Associates law firm in Lagos.
As an entrepreneur, he founded the Peter Mbah Investments Limited in 1992, a service provider in the oil and gas field.
He is the founder of GILPEL Industries Ltd., an importer of general goods between 1993 and 1997, and also founded the FOCUS International Schools in Lagos state.
Mbah is the sole agent of International Oil Corporation, a U.S.A oil and gas company based in Fresno, California.
He is the founder/CEO of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd which completed the development of Single Point Monitoring (SPM), Conventional Buoy Mooring (CBM) and storage facilities in Lekki Free Trade Zone in 2021.
Politics
Dr. Mbah was named Chief of Staff in 2003 and subsequently Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development by Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani.
He was a member of the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee, the Enugu State Executive Council as well as a member of the State Security Council.
He also served as Chairman of the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee’s Sub-Committee on Legal Matters, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Enugu State Insurance Company, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Enugu State Finance and Investment Company, Chairman of the Enugu State Tenders’ Board.
On May 25, 2022, Peter Mbah emerged as the Enugu state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections on the People’s Democratic Party platform.
In 2023, he emerged victorious at the state’s gubernatiorial elections that held on March 18th, 2023.
He was later sworn in as Governor on May 29th, 2023.
Personal life
Dr. Peter Mbah is a Christian and philantropist.
He is married to Mrs. Nkechinyere Mbah, and together they have four children.
He also runs a charity organization, Peter Mbah Foundation (PMF) which focuses on giving aid to people living in rural communities.
Awards
In 2005, Peter Mbah was enlisted as one of the most outstanding Commissioners in Nigeria.
Net Worth
Peter Mbah has a net worth estimate of about $10 Million.
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