Abia State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, has bagged a doctorate degree in accounting from Abia State University, Uturu. The experienced Ude Oko Chukwu defied the rigours of his office and the complex challenges of obtaining a doctorate degree to achieve this feat.
He has his primary education at Ndi Elu primary school, Etitiama Nkporo and proceeded to Nkporo secondary school for his secondary education. In 1983, he moved to Lagos where he attended the Federal College Akoka to study accounting Education
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He was a brilliant student, no wonder that in 1989, as an undergraduate at University of Lagos studying Accounting, he qualified as Chartered Accountant, having satisfied the requisite conditions and scaled through the final hurdles. According to information obtained from the Abia State Government’s official website, In 1991, Rt. Hon Sir Ude Oko Chukwu graduated with a B.sc (Hons) Degree in Accounting. Thereafter in 1997, he obtained his MSc. Degree also in Accounting from the same University of Lagos.
In 1990 he was elected an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) and in 1998 an Associate of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI) and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) in 2000. Rt. Hon Sir Ude Oko Chukwu has his professional training with Eze George & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos between 1997 and 2000 where he rose to become a Partner.
Between 1988 and 1989 he served as Accountant, SMACS Computers, Lagos and General Manager, CONTECH Ventures Ltd. Lagos from 1989 to 1996. Rt. Hon. Sir Ude Oko Chukwu became Principal Partner of Chukwu Ude Oko Chukwu and Co. (Chartered Accountants), Lagos, from 2001-2003.
In 2013, he attended Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
He has also been the speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly and was a House of Assembly member from 2003-2014, before he was nominated by the PDP as a running mate to Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.