Ukel Oyaghiri

Ukel Oyaghiri (born 1964) is a lawyer and politician who has served as the Rivers State Commissioner of Women Affairs since 2015. She replaced Joeba West who had served in the Executive Council under former governor Chibuike Amaechi.

Quotes

• The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga should be allowed to conclude the Collation process. He was the one who conducted the elections. This is a process that should be concluded by him.
• We want our results to be declared. We don’t want further delays. The state is at a standstill because of the non release of our results. This delay is becoming dangerous.
  • Ukel Oyaghiri said (The Vanguard, March 28, 2019)
• the women to be bold in their dealings to be able to effect the need change in their environment and in the society at large, also charged women to take quest for knowledge seriously.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/capacity-building-total-trains-800-women-rivers-akwa-ibom/
• Rivers women have come to express our displeasure on the delay to announce the Rivers State election results. All other States have had their results announced with winners emerged and even court injunctions that had to do with stoppage of election process in every other states have been vacated.
  • https://www.naijanews.com/2019/03/28/rivers-state-women-protests-in-portharcourt-over-state-inec-commisioner/
• As women, who have passed through thick and thin in course of the election, we cannot keep quiet over the delay in announcing the results .
  • https://www.naijanews.com/2019/03/28/rivers-state-women-protests-in-portharcourt-over-state-inec-commisioner/