Martin Nwancho Elechi is a Nigerian economist and politician.

[1] He ran in the 2007 Nigerian general election on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket and assumed the position on 29 May 2007, succeeding Sam Egwu.

Elechi ran successfully for re-election on 26 April 2011.

In 2017 Elechi left the People Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Congress (APC).

[2] He left as a result of the Impunity, corruption, an absence of respect for freedom, and a lack of public opinion sensitivity that plagued the Party.