Bennet Chukwuogo Etiaba, known as Ben Etiaba (born 20 September 1963), is a Nigerian chartered accountant and politician. He was the Action Alliance candidate in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. He is the son of Virginia Etiaba, the first woman to serve as a state governor in Nigeria.
Professional career Etiaba is a chartered accountant. He served as chairman of the United Kingdom District of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria from 2002 to 2004. He was later elected chairman of Enugu Sports Club in 2017.
Politics In 2021, he sought the All Progressives Congress ticket for the Anambra State governorship election. Andy Uba won the June primary with 230,201 votes. He received 4,244 votes.
He then left the party and became the Action Alliance candidate. He named Regina Uchebo as his running mate.
He told The Guardian that he began preparing for the contest in 2001.
The election held on 6 November 2021 was won by Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who polled 112,229 votes. Public speaking He gave a talk titled "How to Build Your Personal Brand" at TEDxAsata.
In September 2023, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka invited him to deliver its Ethical Leadership Lecture on 20 September, his 60th birthday. The university said it would confer on him a Fellowship of Ethical Leadership.
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