. . . . . . . . . . . "Politician, medical doctor"@en . "Ifeanyi Okowa portrait"@en . . . . "Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1959-07-08"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Owa-Alero, Eastern Region, British Nigeria"@en . . "Ifeanyi Okowa"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1121017524"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa"@en . . "31680106"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa CON (born 8 July 1959) is a Nigerian doctor and politician who has served as Governor of Delta State since May 2015. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, he is the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2023 presidential election running alongside Atiku Abubakar. Born in in 1959, Okowa graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1981. After schooling, he worked in medicine for several years before entering politics. Okowa first established himself in local politics before entering the state cabinet of Governor James Ibori in 1999. After leaving cabinet in 2006, Okowa made a failed primary bid for governor before returning to the state cabinet under his former opponent Emmanuel Uduaghan. By 2011, Okowa moved to national politics and successfully ran for Senator for Delta North. After four years in the Senate, he returned to Delta and was elected governor by a wide margin in 2015 becoming the first ethnic Ika or person from the state's north to be governor. Okowa was later re-elected by a similar margin in 2019."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa"@en . . "Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa CON (born 8 July 1959) is a Nigerian doctor and politician who has served as Governor of Delta State since May 2015. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, he is the party's vice presidential nominee in the 2023 presidential election running alongside Atiku Abubakar."@en . . . "15659"^^ . . . . . . "2015-05-29"^^ . "1959-07-08"^^ . . . "2015-05-29"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa"@en . . . . . . . . . . . .