Profile Of Peter Mbah, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate In Enugu State

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Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is a native of Owo in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.

A Maritime Lawyer of International repute, business magnate, public administrator, philanthropist and politician.

He is the Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd., a leading indigenous oil and gas company in the downstream petroleum sector.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Honours Degree from the University of East London (UEL), where he acquitted himself brilliantly as a first class organiser of men, a leader and an intellectual.

As a comrade, between 1998 and 1999 he was the President of the university’s Student Law Society; member, Student Representative Council 1999 – 2000 and member of the school Law Board between 1999 and 2000. He distinguished himself as a foremost student leader with a team and throng of following known as “Peterites”.

As a believer in continuous improvement, he attended the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Thereafter, he proceeded to acquire a Master’s Degree in Law (LLM) in Maritime and Commercial Law from the Lagos State University in 2004.

In the spirit of lifelong learning and education being from the cradle to the grave, he has continued to expand his boundaries of knowledge by participating in numerous academic and capacity building programmes.

Thus, he acquired a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the IESE Business School, University of Nararra, Barcelona Spain. A Chief Executive Programme at the Lagos Business School, Nigeria. A post graduate diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Saíd Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Participated in a number of executive certificate programmes, notably in Harvard Business School and Stanford University both in the USA.

He is also a recipient of an Honourary Doctorate Degree in Political Science from the Godffery Okoye University, Enugu.

Being defined by a passion for excellence, focus, creativity and innovation, Mbah became eminent in both business and public service.

In business as an entrepreneur, venturing into business at an early age, he has many businesses: Peter Mbah Investment Limited, GIPEL Industries Ltd., Focus International Schools, Pinnacle Pointers and his signature business Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd. A business which commenced in 2008 and has grown to become the leader in that sector: a position underlined with the recent commissioning of the company’s ultra – modern offshore petroleum products intake and off-take and storage facility at the Lekki Free Zone, the first of its kind in West Africa. A one billion dollar project of multiple offshore mooring
and a 1,000,000m3 of petroleum storage and is already changing the face of the Nigerian downstream oil and gas industry by eliminating numerous inefficiencies in the current product import processes.

In public service, he has contributed immensely to Enugu State. He served as Chief of Staff, Government House, Enugu. He also served as Commissioner for Finance, in the capacity of which he headed many agencies under the same government.

The Newswatch Magazine at the time in its edition of July 3rd 2006 identified him as one of the top 10 commissioners of finance in Nigeria.

Peter is a Fellow of the Certified Institute of Public Administration and Management (CIPM) a member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

He founded Peter Mbah Foundation (PMF), a non-profit, non-political, humanitarian-oriented organisation aimed at improving healthcare and standards of living in rural communities.

He equally established St. Cecilia’s Memorial Hospital Owo, equipped to ultramodern standard for effective healthcare delivery.

He is married with children.

His leisure is spent reading biographies and autobiographies. He also spends his leisure time sailing, as a member of the Lagos Yacht Club.

Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State for the forthcoming 2023 governorship election in the state.