Grace Ekpiwhre (4 January 1949) is career civil servant who retired in 2007.
[1] Grace Ekpiwhre was born on 4 January 1949 in the village of Ikweghwu in Agharho, in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
She grew up in a village called Ovu Inland in Ethiope West, Delta State.
[2] Her first job was with the Bendel State civil service as Fisheries Officer Grade II.
[4] After a cabinet reshuffle in December 2008, she was appointed Minister of State Works, Housing and Urban Development.