Ebiti Ndok
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| party = United National Party for Development (UNPD)
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| birth_place = Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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Ebiti Ndok-Jegede {{Audio|Ig-Ebiti Ndok-Jegede.ogg|listen|help=no}} (born Ebiti Onoyom Ndok) is a Nigerian politician. She ran for presidency in the 2011 presidential election under the platform of the United National Party for Development, a party she once served as National Chairman.
Life and career
Born in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, South-Western Nigeria, Ndok-Jegede is a native of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201105241166.html|title=Nigeria: I Was Arrested for Issuing a Post-Dated Cheque-Ndok|work=Daily Champion|publisher=allAfrica|last=Udemezue|first=Onyinyechi|date=24 May 2011|access-date=3 September 2016}} She attended St Anne's School Ibadan for secondary school education. She started her career as a nurse at University College Hospital, Ibadan before she went to the United Kingdom, where she obtained a degree in management, law and diplomacy and also trained in welfare.{{cite news|url=http://myafrica.allafrica.com/view/people/main/id/0CQvFWXfcXGIXrKQ.html|title=Ebiti Onoyom Ndok|publisher=allAfrica|date=3 March 2011|access-date=3 September 2016}} In 2011, she was the only woman who ran for president of Nigeria under the platform of the United National Party for Development, receiving 98,262 votes.{{cite news|url=http://youthsdigest.com/ever-lead-nigerian-men/|title=Can A Woman Ever Lead Nigerian Men?|website=Youth Digest|author=Hamidat Kareem|date=11 August 2016|access-date=3 September 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://leadership.ng/features/373288/2015-female-politicians|title=2015: Where Are The Female Politicians?|work=Leadership Newspaper|last=Tene Natsa|first=Ruth|date=4 June 2014|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117110617/http://leadership.ng/features/373288/2015-female-politicians|archive-date=17 January 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2015-04-13-fortunes-of-women-presidential-candidates|title=The African women who tried for president - and how they fared|work=Mail and Guardian|last=Mungai|first=Christine|date=13 April 2015|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918023747/http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2015-04-13-fortunes-of-women-presidential-candidates|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
References
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Category:People from Akwa Ibom State
Category:Candidates in the Nigerian general election, 2011
Category:21st-century Nigerian women politicians
Category:21st-century Nigerian politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:St Anne's School, Ibadan alumni
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