SURNAME: Nwosu
FIRST NAME: Friday
OTHER NAMES Nwanozie
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mgboko Umuorio Town, Obingwa LGA, Abia State
DATE OF BIRTH: 19th June 1959
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED
PRIMARY: Umuaro Community School,
Umuaro Obingwa LGA, Abia State 1971 – 1976
Obtained FSLC 1976
SECONDARY: Omoba Secondary School, Omoba,
Isiala Ngwa South LGA, Abia State. 1977 – 1982
Obtained WAEC School Certificate, O’Level 1981 and 1982
TERTIARY: Rivers State University of Science and Technology,
Port Harcourt, 1988 – 1992
Obtained LLB. (Hons) 1992
Nigerian Law School Lagos 1993
Call to Barr as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria BL (Hons) 1993.
CAREER
Enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force and served 1983 – 1995. Retired voluntarily as a Non-Commissioned Police Officer.
Contested for House of Representatives in 1998. Served as Abia State Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA 2002 – 2005.
Served and still serving as a Legal Practitioner and Consultant under the name and style of F.N. NWOSU & CO 1995 – Date.
Legal Consultant and counsel to the Bayelsa State Government 2012 – 2020.
Legal Consultant to the Federal Governments and its Ministries Departments and Agencies such as Federal Ministry of Justice, CBN, etc.
Contested for Abia State Governorship nomination for the PDP Ticket in 2014 – 2015 and APC Governorship nomination for Abia State in 2018 – 2019.
Contested and won as the APC National Welfare Secretary 2022.
A grounded and experienced Constitutional Lawyer and Litigation and Corporate Legal Practitioner.
Membership of other Organization
Member NBA (Nigerian Bar Association) 1993 – Date
Member and Knight of the catholic Order of St. Mulumba 2013 – Date.
Member APC 2018 – Date
Member PDP 2005 – 2018
Member APGA 2002 – 2005
Member of various other Catholic Religious and Ngwa Cultural Associations
A Community and Christian Religious Leader
Sir Barrister Friday Nwanozie Nwosu
National Welfare Secretary