Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejocha // ⓘ (born 23 November 1969) is a Nigerian politician, current Minister of State for Labour and Employment (2023-Present) and a former lawmaker in Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives.
She defected to All Progressives Congress, APC in 2018 after coming under intense pressure from her former party leaders to drop her ambition for a return ticket to the house.
Onyejocha worked in the protocol office of the governor of State of Osun during her one year Nigeria National Youth Service in 1993.
[7][8][9] Onyejocha political career started with her appointment in 2002 to the executive cabinet of Abia State as commissioner for Resource Management and Manpower Development by Governor Orji Uzor Kalu.
During her term in office, she executed erosion control projects, improved community security, and carried out rehabilitation of feeder roads.
Her legislative objectives focus on enactment of laws to enhance living standard of women and children; the youth and the less privilege; improvement of education, health and general infrastructure.
She led female legislators in efforts in tackling gender inequality and improving the living conditions of children and the less fortunate people.
In 2013 she called for holistic investigation and prosecution of officials, who were involved in compromising aviation safety rules that led to the crash of a passenger plane Dana Air Flight 992 on a domestic route from Nigeria’s capital Abuja to Lagos on 3 June 2012.
[16][17] Onyejocha campaign was also boosted by supports from various civil society groups especially of women across the country who clamoured for a female speaker for gender equity.
First was for a south-eastern person to occupy the speakership position against south-west it was zoned to by the party leaders for balance of federal powers among the six regions of Nigeria.
The Bill was passed by the Nigeria National assembly on 14 November 2017 and was signed into law on 20 December 2017 by President Muhamadu Buhari.
Nigeria senior citizens face numerous challenges, but chief among them is the difficulty in getting their entitlements, after years of service to the nation, at a time they are no longer fit to fend adequately for themselves.
[28][29][30] President Muhammadu Buhari signed it into law 26 January 2018 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Fourth Alteration) Bill, No.