NIGERIAN ELITES CELEBRATE UDOMA UDO UDOMA AT 60

One of the most outstanding members of the Nigerian elite class, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma clocked 60 yesterday, Thursday, February 26. Senator Udoma has been described in Who’s Who Legal, as one of the pillars of the Nigerian legal community. He is a Senior Partner and Head of Udo Udoma and Bello-Osagie, a corporate law firm, established by him in 1983. As the firm’s founding partner, he has been involved in a plethora of general corporate transactions, and has developed particular specialisations in oil and gas, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions.  

 In the course of his legal practice, he has been invited to advise and participate in legal and regulatory reviews as well as the review of public policy and implementation of reform programmes across several sectors of the Nigerian economy, including petroleum and solid minerals, industrial policy as well as revenue allocation and fiscal issues. 

 He has served on several national committees and as the non-executive Chairman of the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). He has also served as the Chairman of the PIB Task Force that was setup to prepare the draft for submission to the President.

Udoma is also a seasoned politician. As a two term Senator of the Federal Republic 1999 – 2007, he served as Chief Whip and Leader, South-South Caucus of the Senate; Vice Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee; Chairman, Senate Appropriate Committee.

Senator Udoma has also served on the Board of several companies. He is currently Chairman of UAC of Nigeria Plc, Vice Chairman of Linkage Assurance Plc, Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc. He has successfully accomplished many governmental assignments, including Special Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources; first Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Abuja; Member of the Advisory Team of legal experts set up by the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization (TCPC), Member of Vision 2010 Committee, Non-Executive Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, and several others. Senator Udoma is a recipient of many honours and awards, including Thisday Newspaper Best Nigerian Senator award; Honorary LL.D by University of Uyo , Akwa Ibom State . He is a member of the International Bar Association, Economic Summit Group; Ikoyi Club, Lagos Motor Boat Club; and Metropolitan Club.

He serves on the board of several companies and was recently appointed as the non-executive chairman of Nigeria’s largest conglomerate. He is married to Sally, also a lawyer and they are blessed with children.