Ita Enang
Nigerian politician
Ita Solomon Enang (born 23 August 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Akwa Ibom North-East senatorial district from 2011 to 2015. He represented the Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011. Enang also served as the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters from 2015 to 2019 and on Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022.
Background
Enang was born on 23 August 1962. He attended the Presbyterian Teachers' Training College, Ididep, Akwa Ibom State, from 1974 to 1979. He was admitted to the University of Calabar, in 1980, where he studied law and graduated in 1984. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. He then entered private practice and established his own law firm.
Political career
Enang became a councillor in 1987 and a member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1999.
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