31/05/2018
I AM TOO YOUNG TO RUN.
Born 28years ago, on the 15th day of July 1989, Okekearu Kingsley Chukwuezugo .O. a Nigerian competent youth with a desire to bring meaningful and realistic change to the Society through legislation.
Born in the then Abakaliki LGA of Old Enugu State, Eastern Nigeria, a Baptised Catholic and a boy raised and trained by well-respected Christian Formators.
He had his Primary Education from the age of 5 (Five) in 1995 starting at Assemblies of God Primary School Abakaliki and finishing same in All Saints Primary School, Okpaugwu Abakaliki.
He was the second best in the Common Entrance Examination, earning him Ebonyi State Government Scholarship by the then Governor Dr. Sam Egwu, He however choose to have a Catholic Education, having been close to many notable Catholic Priests as a child.
He graduated from Madonna Secondary School, Umuhuali, Ishielu LGA, Ebonyi State in the year 2007, while in Secondary School, he joined Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC/Caritas Nigeria) where he was active in election process training and monitoring from late 2006 till June 2007.
He proceeded to Madonna University Okija, Ihiala LGA, Anambra State, where he studied Law, graduating in the year 2012 with Honours and thereafter was admitted to the Nigeria Law School, where he completed his studies and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar Association on the 28th day of November 2013.
He applied and was admitted to Masters of Laws programme of the University of Lagos while still a serving Corps member and between 2014 and 2016, he completed his LLM programme in the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, having taken special interest in Taxation, Comparative Corporate Law, Energy Law and Secured Credit Transactions.
He proceeded to serve the nation in the National Youth Service Corps, in November 2013 and completed same in October, 2014.
He was an active member of the NYSC Legal Aid, where he took up cases on behalf of Indigent members of the society in various courts in Nigeria. Was also a member of the Legal Aid team that went round Schools educating students on their legal right especially as it relates to Fundamental Human Right.
He was assigned by the NYSC to Campbell Law Firm, one of the fastest growing Law Firms in Nigeria, with special focus on Maritime, Aviation, Corporate Law, Property Law, Taxation, Intellectual Property, Mining, Oil and Gas, Energy, Secured Credit Transactions etc. He carved a niche for himself there and was retained after his Youth Service year and in the year 2016, he formed Sapiens Advocatis, a special service Law Firm that deals on Tax Advisory, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property and Advisory.
He has undertaken various training courses and attended various seminars aimed at participation in governance and good governance.
He is a youth with years of experience in administration, having worked with various boards of Directors of companies in major sectors of the Nigerian economy. He is a succour for making good and workable policies.
After years of relatively having a better life, he was caught by the total Neglect of the Country by its managers and the poor state in which Nigerians grapple for survival, and seeing his childhood friends and adults he used to know as a kid living a life he knows that can be made better by government policies, he answered the call to donate himself to political life.
His areas of key interest for joining Politics are:
• Health
• Security
• Potable water supply
• Agriculture
• Town Planning
• Tourism/promotion of local festivals
• Technical Education & Skills Acquisition
• Land Instrument Registration Reforms and Access to Small-Credit
• Women Empowerment
• Waste Management
• Transportation.
He is seriously interested in ensuring that the Healthcare is improved in the society, to be able to manage the health challenges in the country and provide jobs for medical personnel and health support service providers. He is also interested in providing a clean and safe water source for the society, through government channels of Potable water supply,
On Town Planning, he sees thousands of Jobs that can be created by proper town planning and numbering of premises Etc.
He might be the youngest for now in the race, but he doesn’t count on just being young, he banks on being competent to tackle challenges too.
A man who has found his political tent in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), he is a candidate vying for a Seat in the Anambra State House of Assembly come 2019 and hopes to Represent the Nri people of Njikoka 1 Constituency.