Biography Intro: Udoma Udo Udoma is Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and National Planning.

NAME: Udoma Udo Udoma

DATE OF BIRTH:

PLACE OF BIRTH: Akwa Ibom

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 Oxford University, England where he obtained a B.A. (Law) degree in 1976 and a B.C.L. degree in jurisprudence in 1977. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1978, after obtaining a B.L. degree at the Nigerian Law School.

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 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 (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.[3] He was reelected in April 2003, again running on the PDP platform.[4] 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 (vice chairman)