Nduese Essien

Nduese Essien listen^ⓘ (born 2 February 1944) was a Nigerian National Assembly representative from Akwa Ibom state from 1999 to 2007, the position he held at the House of Representatives includes the leader of south-south parliamentary caucus and chairman of House committee on anti corruption, National Ethics and value under the late president Umaru Yar’Adua, and he later appointed him into the technical committee in the Niger Delta. He was also appointed Federal Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development on 6 April 2010, when acting president Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet.