Joel-Onowakpo Thomas
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Joel-Onowakpo Thomas | |
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| Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Delta South Senatorial District | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | James Manager |
| Constituency | Delta South Senatorial District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1967 |
Joel-Onowakpo Thomas (born 27 April 1967) is a Nigerian chartered accountant, businessman and politician. He is the senator representing Delta South senatorial district in the 10th assembly under the platform of the All Progressive Congress.[1][2] He was the first executive chairman and the fifth chief executive of Delta state Board of Internal Revenue from 24 July 2009 to 22 September 2015.[3][4][5]
Thomas was born on 27 April 1967 in Emede, Isoko South, Delta State, Nigeria.[6] He began his primary schooling at State Primary School, Obrigbene in Bayelsa State (1975–1979), continued at Government Secondary School, Ekeremor, and completed his secondary education at Emede Grammar School in 1984.[7] He earned his professional accounting credentials by qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1994 and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria in 2001; he also holds a Master’s degree in Technology Management from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), completed in 1999.[8]
