# Gideon Obhakhan

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'''Gideon Obhakhan''' is a Nigerian politician and the immediate past [commissioner](/source/commissioner) for education in [Edo State](/source/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](/source/Ekpoma), Edo State, Nigeria. He attended Emaudo Primary School, Ekpoma, before proceeding to Annunciation Catholic College, [Irrua](/source/Irrua) for his secondary education thereafter proceeded to the [University of Benin](/source/University_of_Benin_(Nigeria)) 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](/source/Vanguard_(Nigeria))|language=en-US}}</ref> He bagged his masters in communication engineering from the [University of Lagos](/source/University_of_Lagos) before proceeding to [University of Leicester](/source/University_of_Leicester), [United Kingdom](/source/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](/source/The_Nation_(Nigeria))}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Career and politics ==
Obhakhan worked with private telecommunications companies such as Mobitel and  [EMIS telecommunication](/source/Empresa_Interbanc%C3%A1ria_de_Servi%C3%A7os) before joining [MTN Nigeria](/source/MTN_Group) 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](/source/BusinessDay_(Nigeria))}}</ref>

Obhakhan contested for the House of Representatives election in the 2015 general election under the umbrella of [All Progressive Congress](/source/All_Progressives_Congress) (APC). He lost to the opposition party's candidate, [Joe Edionwele](/source/Joe_Edionwele) of the [Peoples Democratic Party](/source/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria))(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](/source/The_Guardian_(Nigeria))|language=en-US}}</ref> He was appointed as the commissioner for education by the then Governor of [Edo State](/source/Edo_State), [Adams Oshiomhole](/source/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](/source/The_Nigerian_Observer)|language=en-US}}</ref> During the 2020 gubernatorial elections in [Edo State](/source/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](/source/The_Sun_(Nigeria))|language=en-US}}</ref>

Obhakhan served as the secretary of the Public Affairs Directorate of the [Tinubu](/source/Bola_Tinubu)/[Shettima](/source/Kashim_Shettima) Presidential Campaign Council during the campaigning for the [2023 Nigerian presidential election](/source/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}}

== References ==
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