The Honourable Minister: Senator Liyel O. Imoke

EDUCATION
SKILLS
ORGANIZATIONS
HONOURS

2003 - Date
Honourable Minister Federal Ministry of Power and Steel

1999 to 2003
Special Adviser to the President on Utilities Federal Republic of Nigeria .

2003
Chairman PDP Campaign Organization, Cross River State.

2000 to 2001
Chairman, National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) Technical Board , Nigeria.

1999 to 2000
Chairman, Presidential Committee on OMPADEC.

1999
Chairman, Transition and Policy Review Committee, Cross River State

1997 to 1999
Director, Millennium Investment Trust Limited, Lagos .

A Financial Consultancy and Stock Broker firm specializing in management Consultancy Services, Investment / financial advisory services, asset management, private placements, corporate recapitalization and restructuring, corporate re-engineering , financial leveraging, and trade and LPO financing turnover is estimated at over N100 million

1993 to 1995
Executive Director Trident Petroleum and Gas Ltd., Lagos Oil services, vessel providers and product marketers.

1995 to 1999
Executive Chairman, Value Mart Limited, Lagos .
Supermarket and departmental store chain, wholesale importers and retailers and manufacturers representatives with an estimated annual turnover in excess of 250 million naira.

1993 to 1999
Managing Consultant, Telsat Communications Limited, Lagos. A firm of telecommunication consultants specializing in digital wireless access systems and the provision of country wide rural and semi-urban wireless access network design and planning.

Project implementation and monitoring and facility maintenance management services.

1999 to 1999
Principal partner, Liyel Imoke & Co., Lagos Legal practitioners, Barristers, Solicitors, Trademark, and Patent agents, Notaries public.

1987 to 1999
Managing Consultant, MAT International Limited, Lagos .

Management Consultants with wide spectrum of activity. Consultants to the petroleum Trust Fund on special projects development, planning and implementation. Project consultants for the planning, organization and management of the 7 th OAU/AEC All African International Trade Fair. Project consultants on the commercialization and management of the new ultra modern Kaduna International Trade fair complex. Consultancy services in development and adaptation of cost effective and efficient building and construction systems.

1992 to 1993
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Member, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Member, Senate police Affairs Committee. Member, Senate Services Committee, Member, Senate Judiciary Committee.

Leader, Election monitoring Team, Togolese national Election 1993.

Delegate, International Legislative conference, Ontario , Canada , 1993

1988 to 1990
Associate, Ike Onyiuke & Co. (Legal Practitioners), Lagos

1985 to 1988
Partner, International Law Office of Awah and Lloyd Ukwu Washington D.C., USA . Attorneys at law Legal Consultancy services.

1982 to 1986
Trade Consultant, Global African Trade Group inc., Washington, D.C., USA .

Trade consultancy services, Advisory services, market Research, market development and procurement.

EDUCATION

1987 - 1988 . B.L (Hons) Nigerian Law School V/Island Lagos

1986 - 1987 . Post Graduate studies (International Law) American University Washington D.C.

1983 - 1985 . LL.B. Hons. (Law) University of Buckingham Buckingham , England .

1978 - 1982. B.A. (International Relations and Economics) University of Maryland Maryland , USA .

1973 - 1977 . Federal Government College, Enugu

SKILLS

. Project management Implementation and supervision . Feasibility studies development

. Project design and management . Financial Leveraging and loan syndication

. Project co-ordination for turnkey development

. Organizational Planning

. Development and implementation of corporate financial restructuring

. Advisory services and strategic planning on operations.

ORGANIZATIONS

1988 . Member, Nigerian Bar Association.

2003 . Fellow, Chartered Institute of public

Administrators of Nigeria

HONOURS

2003 . Distinguished Award for excellent performance in the Nigerian Public Service. Chartered Institute of Public Administrators of Nigeria .

2003 . Distinguished Alumni Award Nigerian Law School Class of 1988.

2002 . Distinguished Alumni Award Federal Government College, Enugu .

2001 . Presidential Merit Award Nigerian Society of Engineers

2000 . Medal of Honour for Distinguished Service Cross River State Government