Deputy Governor of Abia State

Deputy Governor of Abia State
Deputy Governor of Abia State
	Flag of Abia State
	Incumbent; Ikechukwu Emetu; since 29 May 2023
	Executive Branch of the Abia State Government
Style	Deputy Governor (informal); His Excellency (courtesy);
Status	Second highest executive branch officer
Member of	Abia State Executive Branch; Abia State Cabinet;
Seat	Umuahia
Nominator	Gubernatorial candidate
Appointer	Direct popular election or, if vacant, Governor via House of Assembly confirmation
Term length	Four years; renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Nigeria
Inaugural holder	Enyinnaya Abaribe (Fourth Republic)
Succession	First
Website	abiastate.gov.ng

The deputy governor of Abia State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Abia State, Nigeria, after the governor of Abia State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.

Ikechukwu Emetu is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 29 May 2023.^[1]

Qualifications

As in the case of the governor, in order to be qualified to be elected as deputy governor, a person must:

be at least thirty-five (35) years of age;
be a Nigerian citizen by birth;
be a member of a political party with endorsement by that political party;
have School Certificate or its equivalent.

Responsibilities

The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.^[2]

List of deputy governors

Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Elected	Governor
Chima Nwafor (1948–2006)	3 January 1992	17 November 1993	1 year, 318 days	National Republican Convention	1991	Ogbonnaya Onu
Enyinnaya Abaribe (born 1955)	29 May 1999	7 March 2003	3 years, 282 days	Peoples Democratic Party	1999	Orji Uzor Kalu
Chima Nwafor (1948–2006)	March 2003	21 March 2006	3 years	Peoples Democratic Party	2003
Acho Nwakanma (born 1958)	March 2006	29 May 2007	1 year, 2 months	Progressive Peoples Alliance
Chris Akomas (born 1960)	29 May 2007	30 July 2010	3 years, 62 days	Progressive Peoples Alliance	2007	Theodore Orji
Acho Nwakanma (born 1958)	18 August 2010	29 May 2011	284 days	Peoples Democratic Party
Emeka Ananaba (born 1945)	29 May 2011	29 May 2015	4 years	Peoples Democratic Party	2011
Ude Oko Chukwu (born 1962)	29 May 2015	29 May 2023	8 years	Peoples Democratic Party	2015 2019	Okezie Ikpeazu
Ikechukwu Emetu (born 1985)	29 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 108 days	Labour Party	2023	Alex Otti