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Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo was born on 28 Aug 1975.
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Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo
Federal representative for Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha Federal Constituency, Anambra State
21 Nov 2019 – 13 Jun 2023
THE PERSON- Federal constituency
- Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha
- State
- Anambra
- Country
- Nigeria
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Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo, born on 28 August 1975 according to his National Assembly profile, is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). He is from Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka LGA, and holds a BSc in Accounting from the University of Port Harcourt. He founded the Ferdinand Dozie Nwankwo Foundation in 2007…
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Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo, born on 28 August 1975 according to his National Assembly profile, is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). He is from Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka LGA, and holds a BSc in Accounting from the University of Port Harcourt. He founded the Ferdinand Dozie Nwankwo Foundation in 2007 and describes Fedox Company as the business he built; Governor Soludo commissioned his Centre for Development and ICT in Enugwu-Ukwu in December 2022. His sister Judith Amaechi is a former First Lady of Rivers State; her husband is former governor Rotimi Amaechi. He first ran for the Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia House seat in 2011 on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. On his petition the Awka tribunal (25 October 2011) and the Court of Appeal, Enugu ordered a rerun against APGA's Uche Ekwunife, which she won on 15 February 2012 (29,005 votes to his 21,948). Running on the APGA platform in 2015, he again trailed on INEC's return (PDP's Okey Eze), but the tribunal (9 October 2015) and the Court of Appeal, Enugu (7 December 2015) declared him the winner. After the 2019 election INEC returned Valentine Ayika of the PDP; the Court of Appeal, Enugu set that aside on 1 November 2019, and he was sworn in on 21 November 2019, serving until the 9th Assembly ended in June 2023. A Premium Times/UDEME project-tracking report (April 2020) found, in January 2020, the site of a solar borehole he had nominated at Adazi Ani locked and overgrown and a second one, at Aguluzigbo, not yet started; a June 2021 profile of his record listed both among his constituency projects, the Aguluzigbo one as ongoing. On 28 May 2022 he defeated former APGA national chairman Victor Umeh (162 votes to 151) for the APGA ticket in Anambra Central, then lost the Senate election of 25 February 2023 to Umeh, who had moved to the Labour Party (Umeh 103,608; Nwankwo 69,702). His petition against Umeh's return (EPT/AN/SEN/05/2023) was dismissed by the Awka tribunal on 8 September 2023; no appeal was found. He won APGA's primary held on 23 May 2026 against Jerry Ugokwe, and in July 2026 received a HallowMace Foundation legislative award and a community role-model award from the Anambra State Town Union Council youth wing.
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1975
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD2007
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Founder
Ferdinand Dozie Nwankwo Foundation
- Industry
- Philanthropy
- Employment
- Founder
Founded his personal foundation in 2007; it runs medical outreaches and empowerment programmes in his constituency (The Legislature 2021; he cited it in May 2026).
2012
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2011 House of Representatives election
Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha · Anambra
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 21,948
- Recorded winner
- Uche Ekwunife (APGA), 29,005 votes in the rerun
Contested on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform (defunct party, so no party code). INEC returned Uche Ekwunife (APGA) from the April 2011 poll; on Nwankwo's petition the Awka tribunal (25 October 2011) nullified her return and ordered a rerun in named wards, and the Court of Appeal, Enugu affirmed and ordered a repeat poll. Stored date and votes are the rerun's: held…
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Contested on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform (defunct party, so no party code). INEC returned Uche Ekwunife (APGA) from the April 2011 poll; on Nwankwo's petition the Awka tribunal (25 October 2011) nullified her return and ordered a rerun in named wards, and the Court of Appeal, Enugu affirmed and ordered a repeat poll. Stored date and votes are the rerun's: held Wednesday 15 February 2012, declared in Neni by returning officer Emeka Ezeonu - Ekwunife 29,005, Nwankwo 21,948. The ACN state chairman alleged rigging in Agulu-Ezigbo wards. Original April 2011 figures not found.
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Member (first term, 8th Assembly)
House of Representatives (Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal Constituency)
- Industry
- Legislature
APGA member for Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia in the 8th House of Representatives. INEC first returned PDP's Okey Eze from the 28 March 2015 poll; the Awka tribunal (Friday 9 October 2015) and the Court of Appeal, Enugu (Monday 7 December 2015) declared Nwankwo the winner and ordered Eze to vacate the seat. His swearing-in day was not found, so the term is stored here rather than…
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APGA member for Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia in the 8th House of Representatives. INEC first returned PDP's Okey Eze from the 28 March 2015 poll; the Awka tribunal (Friday 9 October 2015) and the Court of Appeal, Enugu (Monday 7 December 2015) declared Nwankwo the winner and ordered Eze to vacate the seat. His swearing-in day was not found, so the term is stored here rather than as a dated position.
Election participationReviewed record
2015 House of Representatives election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha · Anambra
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo (APGA), by Court of Appeal judgment
National Assembly election of 28 March 2015. INEC returned Dr Okey Eze (PDP). The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Awka (Justice Nayai Agabana, Friday 9 October 2015) held from the polling-unit result sheets that Nwankwo scored the highest number of lawful votes and directed INEC to issue him the certificate of return; the Court of Appeal, Enugu (judgment by…
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National Assembly election of 28 March 2015. INEC returned Dr Okey Eze (PDP). The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Awka (Justice Nayai Agabana, Friday 9 October 2015) held from the polling-unit result sheets that Nwankwo scored the highest number of lawful votes and directed INEC to issue him the certificate of return; the Court of Appeal, Enugu (judgment by Justice Pemu, Monday 7 December 2015) unanimously affirmed and ordered Eze to vacate the seat. Vote figures not found.
2017
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDHonours & recognitionReviewed record
Onyendozi (The Reconciliator) of Enugwu Ukwu na Umunri
Chieftaincy title conferred at the Iguaro ceremony in his home town, Enugwu Ukwu, on 7 January 2017.
- Awarded by
- Enugwu Ukwu community (Iguaro ceremony)
- Category
- traditional title
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2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2019 House of Representatives election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha · Anambra
- Result
- Won
- Recorded winner
- Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo (APGA), by Court of Appeal judgment
INEC returned Valentine Ayika (PDP) and the election petition tribunal upheld it; the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, on 1 November 2019 set that aside and returned Nwankwo. INEC issued his certificate of return on 15 November 2019 and he was sworn in on 21 November 2019. Vote figures not found.
ElectedReviewed record
Federal Representative
Njikoka/Dunukofia/Anaocha · Anambra
- Status
- Ended
- Party on this record
- APGA
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
2022
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2023 Senate primary
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Anambra Central · Anambra
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Votes
- 162
- Recorded winner
- Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo (APGA)
APGA Anambra Central senatorial primary (delegates), Saturday 28 May 2022: Nwankwo 162, former APGA national chairman Senator Victor Umeh 151, Uzuegbunam Okagbue 10; returning officer Mrs Elizabeth Nwokocha. Umeh then moved to the Labour Party.
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2023 Senate election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Anambra Central · Anambra
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 69,702
- Recorded winner
- Victor Umeh (LP), 103,608 votes
Anambra Central Senate election of 25 February 2023: Victor Umeh (LP) 103,608; Nwankwo (APGA) 69,702, second; incumbent Uche Ekwunife (PDP) 49,532 (returning officer Prof. Chuka Enuka, Punch 28 Feb 2023). Nwankwo and APGA petitioned against Umeh's return (EPT/AN/SEN/05/2023); the Awka tribunal dismissed the petition on Friday 8 September 2023 (see legal cases).
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDHonours & recognitionReviewed record
Award of Excellence (UNIZIK Faculty of Engineering Lecture Series 2026)
Presented at the 2026 Faculty of Engineering Lecture Series on 23 July 2026, where he gave the lecture.
- Awarded by
- Faculty of Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka
- Category
- award of excellence
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Community Role Model Award (ASTUC Youth Wing)
Conferred at Abagana, Njikoka LGA, at the weekend reported on 12 July 2026, alongside five other Njikoka figures.
- Awarded by
- Anambra State Town Union Council (ASTUC), Youth Wing
- Category
- community award
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National Legislative Special Recognition Award of Excellence in Legislative Development and Democratic Governance
Presented at the HallowMace awards at the NAF Event Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday 9 July 2026 (reported 11 July 2026).
- Awarded by
- HallowMace Foundation Africa
- Category
- legislative award
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Party primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Anambra Central · Anambra
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- Dozie Ferdinand Nwankwo
constituency: Anambra Central Senatorial District · also listed as: Nwankwo Dozie Ferdinand, Dozie Nwankwo · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 19, p.14; INEC name: NWANKWO DOZIE FERDINAND; age 51; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WAEC B.SC ACCOUNTING · Primary: APGA Option A4 (direct) primary for Anambra Central held at ward/LGA…
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constituency: Anambra Central Senatorial District · also listed as: Nwankwo Dozie Ferdinand, Dozie Nwankwo · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 19, p.14; INEC name: NWANKWO DOZIE FERDINAND; age 51; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WAEC B.SC ACCOUNTING · Primary: APGA Option A4 (direct) primary for Anambra Central held at ward/LGA level on Saturday 23 May 2026; aspirants Nwankwo and Amb. Jerry Ugokwe (Daily Post 16 May 2026, The Nation 22 May 2026). APGA's National Assembly primary committee announced Nwankwo as the Anambra Central candidate by 27 May 2026 (New Telegraph). He received his certificate of return at the APGA regional office in Awka by 22 June 2026. Vote figures not found.
Dates not recorded
KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
APGA throughout his recorded career: House candidate/member 2015 and 2019, Senate candidate 2023 and APGA candidate for Anambra Central on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); date joined not found.
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Working lifeReviewed record
Founder
Fedox Company
- Industry
- Business
- Employment
- Founder
In a July 2026 lecture at UNIZIK he recounted 'the humble beginnings of Fedox Company' and how it grew into a successful business (Anambra State Ministry of Information report). The company's sector and founding year were not stated; CAC records could not be checked.
Education & qualificationsReviewed record
University of Liverpool
MSc Business Administration (Leadership option), in progress 2017 · Business Administration (Leadership)
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Institution
- Masters
Attendance recorded; qualification not completed.
Education & qualificationsReviewed record
University of Port Harcourt
BSc Accounting · Accounting
- Location
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State
- Institution
- University
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