SOME OUTSTANDING ALUMNI THAT UNN HAS PRODUCED

List of some outstanding alumni of UNN

• Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment
• Lam Adesina, pioneer class of 1963; Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria (1999–2003)
• Olisa Agbakoba, class of 1977 (Law); Senior Advocate of Nigeria; founder of Nigeria's foremost human rights organization, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (2006–2008)
• Dora Akunyili, Federal Minister of Information and Communication, Nigeria (2008–2010) and Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)(2001 – 2008)
• Sullivan Chime, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (2007 – 2015)
• Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, Nigeria
• Joy Emordi, class of 1979; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra North Senatorial Zone, Anambra State) 2005 – 2010
• Akpan Isemin, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Ousman Jammeh, Gambian Foreign Minister (2009–2010)
• Gregory Ngaji, class of 1977; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Cross River North Senatorial constituency, Cross River) 2003 – 2011
• Chris Ngige, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2003–2007) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Anambra State, Anambra Central Senatorial District), 2011 – 2015
• Chimaroke Nnamani, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Enugu East Senatorial District, Enugu State) and Governor of Enugu State (1999–2007)
• Ben Nwankwo, Member of the Federal House of Representatives (1999-2003)^[2]
• Peter Obi, Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria (2006 – 2014)
• Peter Odili, Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria (1999–2007)
• Fabian Osuji, former Federal Minister of Education
• Oserheimen Osunbor, Governor of Edo State, Nigeria (2007–2008) and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Edo State, Edo Central Senatorial District), 1999–2007
• Niki Tobi, first person to earn a PhD in Law from University of Nigeria (1983); Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria (2002–2010)
• Patrick Utomi, Presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Nigerian April 2007 elections and former Director of the Center for Applied Economics, Lagos Business School, Pan African University
• Godwin Emefiele, Group managing director/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2014-)
• Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President (Africa Region), World Bank and Federal Minister of Education (2006–2007) and Solid Minerals Development (2005–2006), Nigeria
• Arunma Oteh, Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria and Vice-President for Corporate Services, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (2006–2009)
• Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (2004–2009)
• Herbert Wigwe, CEO Access Bank, Nigeria
• Fabian Udekwu professor of surgery, cardiac surgeon, first person to perform open heart surgery in black Africa
• Okwesilieze Nwodo, Governor of Enugu State, Nigeria (1992–1993)
• Azikiwe Peter Onwualu (Born, 27 April 1959 at Anambra State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian professor of Agricultural engineering and former Director General and chief executive officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) of Nigeria
• Bennet Omalu (b.1968) class of 1990, physician, forensic pathologist, professor, discoverer of the relationship of the neurological disease Chronic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE) to some concussions in American football
• Jacob K. Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions and Chair of the Committee on African studies at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University