Lucky Igbinedion
| Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion | |
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| Governor of Edo State | |
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In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Onyearugbulem |
| Succeeded by | Oserheimen Osunbor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1957 |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs Eki Igbinedion |
| Children | Dr Mrs Ehi Oni (nee Igbinedion),Mr Nosa Igbinedion Jr, Ms Osaretin Igbinedion,Ms Osasu Igbinedion,Mrs Zena Enaholo (nee Igbinedion), Ms Aize Ibginedion |
| Website | http://www.luckyigbinedion.co.za/ |
Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion (born 13 May 1957) was the governor of Edo State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion was born on 13 May 1957. He is a son of Gabriel Igbinedion, Esama of the Kingdom of Benin.
Lucky holds a BSc (Marketing) from University of Wyoming, Laramie (1982) and an MBA from The Jackson State University, Mississippi (1983) in the United States of America.
Chief Igbinedion was appointed Mayor of Oredo Municipality (Local Government Area in Nigeria) in 1987. He held the position until 1989. His achievements as the Chairman of Oredo Local Government Municipality includes, upgrading the facilities in Benin City, which doubles as the state capital and municipal headquarter, endeared him to the people of the state, hence his election as Governor (Premier) in 1999. He was subsequently re-elected in 2003 for another four year term.
During his tenure as Mayor, he was remunerated by his family business and was not paid any salary by the Municipal Government. He also did not take up the official residence which came with his position, neither did he use any government owned vehicle.
In 1989, he was voted the Best Mayor in Nigeria and he received an Award for his developmental efforts.
Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion was elected governor of Edo State in April 1999 and was reelected in 2003. He and his deputy, Mike Oghiadomhe held office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
During the period of his governorship, he was elected by his colleagues as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum. His period as Governor in Edo State, witnessed massive Human Capacity Development, alongside infrastructure.
A shot at Edo Government House
Shortly after the creation of Edo State, the quest as to who would take the driver’s seat at Edo Government House began to gather a lot of momentum. For the Lucky Igbinedion gubernatorial team it was a time to go back to the drawing board to assess and analyze the reality on ground as well as to put necessary strategies in place aimed at actualizing the gubernatorial dream.
Long before now Lucky had started to associate and fraternize with political like minds such as the Trust Group. This process of consensus building actually started immediately after the expiration of his tenure as Oredo Council Chairman.
In other words his desire to seek for a higher political office was fundamentally borne out of the fact that the electorate had passed a verdict of distinctive performance on him. As the political landscape of the young Edo State began to witness a flurry of political activities and re-alignment the Trust Group fused with the Liberal Convention, an unregistered politic association at the time. However when the green light was given for the commencement of full blown political activities by the military government of the day, Lucky Igbinedion together with his group and associated moved enmasse to National Republican Convention (NRC,) one of the two political parties. The other party was the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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