Udoma Udo Udoma


Udoma Udo Udoma is Nigeria's Former Minister of Budget and National Planning.

Education

Udoma attended Corona School, Ikoyi, Lagos from 1962–64 and Nakasoro Primary School, Kampala, Uganda from 1964–65. He attended King's College, Lagos for his secondary education from 1966 to 1972 and after his A levels proceeded to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, England where he obtained a B.A. degree in 1976 and a B.C.L. degree in jurisprudence in 1977. He was called to the Nigerian Bar Association in 1978, after obtaining a B.L. degree at the Nigerian Law School.

Senate career

He was elected Senator for the Akwa-Ibom South constituency of Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
He was reelected in April 2003, again running on the PDP platform.
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Public Accounts, Judiciary, Banking & Currency, Science & technology, Privatization and Drug & Narcotics.

Federal cabinet minister

On 11 November 2015, Udoma was appointed the Minister of Budget and Planning by President Muhammadu Buhari.