Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the ministerial nominee for Anambra State hails from Awka in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. She was born on 23rd December 1978.
She received her primary school education at W.T.C. Primary School, Enugu where she obtained her First School Leaving Certificate. She had her secondary school education at Queens Secondary School, Enugu.
She gained admission into the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State to study Law. She graduated from Unizik with a Bachelor of Laws degree and proceeded to the Nigeria Law School in Lagos where she obtained her Barrister in Law certificate.
Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye served her fatherland for a year as a National Youth Service Corp member. Immediately after national youth service, she started active law practice and distinguished herself in the legal profession.
The entrepreneurial spirit of Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye starter early in her childhood. At the age of 13, the young Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye published many editions of the Magazine called Akata Magazine and Wahala Magazine – both centered on courts and legal education in a comic genre. They were sold and distributed by vendors across the country. She also authored and published a book called ‘Eze Chidi and His 7 Wives’ which was later translated into Hebrew and sold in Israel.
Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye later ventured into multiple businesses and founded her company, Kenuj Investment Limited with interest in vast areas including real estate. Her company owns tens of high-end housing estates in the US, Lagos, Abuja, Owerri and other cities.
She is the Proprietress of Kenuj Angels School, Abuja; MD/CEO of Kenuj O2 Malls in Abuja and Owerri and the Executive Producer of the Kenuj Love Drops TV Show. Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye is the Founder of Kenuj Shower of Love Foundation and has a net worth of over $50 million.
Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye is the only female Presidential Aspirant to contest for the APC Presidential Ticket in 2022. At the venue of the 2022 APC presidential primary, Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye stepped down her presidential ambition for the eventual winner, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. During the 2023 APC presidential campaign, Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye was appointed as the Vice Chairperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in the South East geopolitical Zone.
Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has received many international and national awards for her humanitarian gestures including the Most Promising NGO of the Year Award in 2015. Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye is a member of many professional bodies including Institute of Loan and Risk Management as well as Institute of Information and Strategy Management.
Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye is happily married to a loving husband, Chief Kennedy Ohaneye who is a renowned legal practitioner from Awo-Omamma in Imo State and blessed with three lovely boys and an adorable girl who are all studying Law. The Kennedys are essentially a family of lawyers.
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