Tonye Princewill

Tonye Princewill (born 4 January 1969) is a Nigerian investor, politician, film producer and philanthropist[1] who was the 2015 Labour Party[2] and 2007 Action Congress nominee[3] for Governor of Rivers State.

Princewill started his early education in the United Kingdom before returning with his parents to Nigeria, where he enrolled at Hillcrest High School in Jos from 1976–1980.

He then attended Federal Government College (Port Harcourt) where he obtained his West African Senior Certificate/ General Certificate of Education O'Level in 1985.

[citation needed] Princewill's political career started when he was nominated as the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress for the governorship of Rivers State in 2007.

[8] He was supported by the then former Vice-President of Nigeria and the AC Presidential candidate in 2007 elections, Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Lagos and National Leader of ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

In a newspaper interview, he alleged that Celestine Omehia offered him a Naira 1.5 billion (approximately USD 10 million) bribe to withdraw the case before the tribunal, which he rejected.

[13] But he insisted that threats being issued by national officers in AC to hand the structure of the party to his opponents if he didn’t bring money from Amaechi were no longer tenable.

At the beginning of 2014, after several months of speculation on his political future, Princewill indicated his interest to succeed Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers State.

[24] Following the heavy floods that ravaged parts of Nigeria in 2012,[25] he organised relief activities for Niger Delta communities through the Princewill Trust.

[27] In June 2012, Princewill sponsored Nigerian youth delegations on tours to Dubai and Ghana to learn about entrepreneurship, governance, leadership and self-development.

Weak health service delivery in Rivers State is forcing many patients to seek medical attention at unregulated traditional medicine shops.