In this article, Platinum Times Nigeria chronicles the biography, family, career and life story of Heineken Lokpobori.
Heineken Lokpobori has been nominated by the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Ahmed Bola Tinubu to serve as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Full Name: Heineken Lokpobori
Date of Birth: 3 March 1967
Age: 56
Place of Birth: Bayelsa
Religion: Christian
Biography
Heineken Lokpobiri, a politician from Nigeria, was elected to the Senate in Bayelsa State’s Bayelsa West seat in April 2007 on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform. Currently, he serves as Nigeria’s state minister for rural development and agriculture.
Education
Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, awarded Heineken Lokpobiri an LL.B (Hons) in 1994. He graduated in February 1995. Expert in environmental rights and law, with a Ph.D. from Leeds Beckett University in the UK, since 2015
Political Career
From June 1999 to May 2001, Lokpobiri served as speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly while serving as a legislator from 1999 to 2003.
Private life
Lokpobiri is a devoted husband and father of four kids.