It’s youth o’clock not only because of the increasing number of youths who have shown interest in vying for public office but also with their better halves. Hopping on this trend, albeit, inadvertently, is Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Enugu State. His wife is young and a go-getter. She is a Generation Z or Gen Z for short, the demographic succeeding millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. They are the first generation never to know the world without the internet and were born between 1997 and 2012.
Nkechinyere is a philanthropist, child health and sustainable nutrition enthusiast. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology from the Federal University of Technology, Imo State, Nigeria, as well a professional certificate in Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership for Africa, from the China Europe International Business School, Pudong, Shanghai, in collaboration with Harvard University. She is currently running a Masters Degrees Program in Food Science, Biotechnology and Innovation at the Manchester Metropolitan University, England.
Mrs Mbah is a Non-Executive Director at Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited and her contributions and innovative concepts on the Board of Directors, have seen the Company through numerous challenges and opportunities in complicated and highly regulated environments. Her passion for sustainability has kept the Company on the right track towards ensuring environmental safety and health. She has been central to the Company’s most significant sustainability projects such as the generation of policies for local community relations as well as the Company’s Community Development and Empowerment Projects.
She is one of the founders and facilitators of the Peter Mbah Foundation, a Charity Organisation geared towards grass root empowerment and development for communities, women and children. Peter on his part is the CEO of Pinnacle Oil and Gas whose FZE Terminal facility, a humongous facility costing over $1 billion, President Muhammadu Buhari virtually commissioned in Lagos late last year.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
