Hon Bernard Barida Mikko (born May 7, 1961) is a Nigerian politician and businessman from Gokana LGA in Rivers State. He served as a member of the 4th parliament of the Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Rivers state, representing Khana/Gokana constituency from 1999 to 2003. In 2022, Mikko declared his interest to participate in the 2023 Rivers State gubernatorial election under APC, however, Tonye Cole won the primary election and emerged as the party's candidate. .[1][2]
Honourable Bernard Mikko | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| President | Olusegun Obasanjo |
| Succeeded by | Deeyah Emmanuel Nwika |
| Constituency | Khana/Gokana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 7, 1961 Rivers State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Political career
editIn 1987, Bernard Mikko was elected Councillor, B.dere Ward 4, Bori local Government Council.
From January 1988 to June 1989 He served as the Vice-Chairman of the Bori Local Government Council. In 1999, He was elected into the House of Representatives of Nigeria, where he served till 2003, representing the Khana/Gokana Constituency. Deeyah Emmanuel Nwika succeeded him.[3]
Under the PDP, Bernard Mikko was appointed as Special Adviser on Monitoring to PDP National Chairman(Dr. Bamanga Tukur) from 2013 to 2014.[4] In 2014, he declared his intention to join the 2015 Rivers State gubernatorial election. However, he and 15 others boycotted the ward congress on the grounds of unfair practices.[5][6] The Primary election was won by Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.[7]
In 2017, Mikko defected to the All Progressive Congress APC. In 2018, he joined the race for the Rivers State Southeast Senatorial seat. However, all nominations in the APC were nullified and APC was barred from fielding candidates in the 2019 Rivers State elections.[8][9]
In 2021, he was appointed Chairman of, the APC Congress Appeal Committee for Enugu State.[10]
References
edit- ^ Balogun, Yemi (April 28, 2022). "Ex-lawmaker, Mikko joins Rivers guber race".
- ^ "Tonye Cole Wins Rivers APC Governorship Primary".
- ^ "Members Khana/Gokana House of Representatives, National Assembly from 1999 - 2022| Citizen Science Nigeria".
- ^ "PDP Chairman, Tukur, names new aides | Premium Times Nigeria". 15 May 2013.
- ^ "16 PDP governorship aspirants boycott ward congress in Rivers | Premium Times Nigeria". November 1, 2014.
- ^ "Amaechi shouldn't impose candidates on Rivers APC –Ex-Rep". 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Wike wins Rivers PDP governorship primaries as 16 contenders walk out - P.M. News".
- ^ "Why we barred APC from fielding candidates in Rivers - INEC | Premium Times Nigeria". January 19, 2019.
- ^ "2019: APC losses Rivers as court disqualifies party's candidates". Businessday NG. January 7, 2019.
- ^ "Ward Congress: APC Appeal committee issues 8 days for petitions in Enugu". 13 August 2021.