Chris Ogiemwonyi

[1] After defecting from the People's Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress,[2] he made a bid for governor in the Edo State governorship election, 2016.

Ogiemwonyi is a recipient of the Justice of Peace by Edo State Government and Kwame Nkrumah Leadership Award.

This transfer was enriched by a four and half month Advance Petroleum Engineering Programme in Shell's Training Centre in the Hague, Netherlands.

In 1982, Ogiemwonyi resumed work at the Exploration & Exploitation Division of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

While in office as a project leader, Ogiemwonyi coordinated all efforts in Dallas, USA by establishing a database for the oil and gas industry.

Nigerian Petroleum Development Company was assigned four acreages, including OML – 65, which contained Abura Field.

He became the field project leader in Abuja, as his company held the majority of assets from the then-defunct Tenneco.

He championed several projects as a general manager, including the Local content initiative of the Federal Government.

While serving as the Group General Manager NAPIMS, Ogiemwonyi supervised organizations such as the Joint Ventures and the Production Sharing Companies.

He also served as Chairman for PMC of OMLs 64 and 66 Project, another strategic alliance between the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company and sinopec of China.

Ogiemwonyi was reassigned to National Gas Company Limited (NGC) as managing director in March 2005.

[8] He was determined to increase gas supply to major customers such as PHCN, SNG, GSLink, WAPCO, Shagamu, Ewekoro, Notore Fertilizer, and Obajana Cement Company.

NGC coordinated 130 million cubic feet (3.7 million cubic metres) per day gas supply at standard conditions (WAGP – West Africa gas Supply Project) to Benin, Togo, and Ghana.

[9] While he served as GED Exploration and Production, Ogiemwonyi was in charge of seven Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation companies and subsidiaries.

Under the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Ogiemwonyi was appointed Minister of State for Works in April 2010.