{{Short description|Nigerian politician}} '''Gideon Obhakhan''' is a Nigerian politician and the immediate past commissioner for education in Edo State.<ref name=":0" /> He contested for the House of Representatives during the 2015 general election.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life and education == Gideon Obhakhan was born in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. He attended Emaudo Primary School, Ekpoma, before proceeding to Annunciation Catholic College, Irrua for his secondary education thereafter proceeded to the University of Benin where he obtained bachelor's degree in Electronic and electrical Engineering.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2020-05-17|title=Gideon Obhakhan: A man in a class of his own|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/gideon-obhakhan-a-man-in-a-class-of-his-own/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=Vanguard|language=en-US}}</ref> He bagged his masters in communication engineering from the University of Lagos before proceeding to University of Leicester, United Kingdom for an MBA.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Why I want to be an Edo Rep, by ex-MTN General Manager - The Nation Newspaper|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/want-edo-rep-ex-mtn-general-manager/amp/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Career and politics == Obhakhan worked with private telecommunications companies such as Mobitel and EMIS telecommunication before joining MTN Nigeria as managing director, Planning and Strategy.<ref>{{Cite news|title=I’m going into politics for service - House of Reps aspirant - Businessday NG|url=https://businessday.ng/news/news-features/article/im-going-into-politics-for-service-house-of-reps-aspirant/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=BusinessDay}}</ref>
Obhakhan contested for the House of Representatives election in the 2015 general election under the umbrella of All Progressive Congress (APC). He lost to the opposition party's candidate, Joe Edionwele of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-03-17|title=APC candidate alleges assault by ‘uniformed men’|url=https://guardian.ng/news/apc-candidate-alleges-assault-by-uniformed-men/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed as the commissioner for education by the then Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-02-14|title=Obhakhan Promises To Improve Fortune Of Youths|url=http://nigerianobservernews.com/2015/02/obhakhan-promises-improve-fortune-youths/|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=The Nigerian Observer|language=en-US}}</ref> During the 2020 gubernatorial elections in Edo State, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, appointed him as director of Research, Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-04-03|title=Ize-Iyamu appoints 13 directors into campaign organisation|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ize-iyamu-appoints-13-directors-into-campaign-organisation/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=The Sun|language=en-US}}</ref>
Obhakhan served as the secretary of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council during the campaigning for the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.<ref>''The Nation''. ''[https://thenationonlineng.net/tinubus-achievements-will-sell-him-to-nigerians/ ‘Tinubu’s achievements will sell him to Nigerians’]''</ref>
== Personal life == Obhakhan is a Christian and is married.{{cn|date=January 2022}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obhakhan, Gideon}} Category:Politicians from Edo State Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people