*The office of State First Lady has no place in the 1999 Constitution — no section creates it, no law funds it. It is nevertheless the most consistently resourced unelected office in every Government House: a pet foundation, an office in the Governor's Lodge, seconded civil servants, and in most states a recurrent budget line. We record it for the same reason we record the federal office — because the money and the patronage are real even where the office is not.*
Chioma Uzodimma (2020–present) — incumbent#
Wife of Hope Uzodimma · 15 January 2020 — present
Ebere Ihedioha (2019–2020)#
Wife of Emeka Ihedioha · 29 May 2019 — 14 January 2020
The shortest state First Lady tenure in the Fourth Republic — seven and a half months, ended by the Supreme Court judgment of 14 January 2020 that installed Uzodimma.
References
Sources#
- Government House protocol records and state First Lady foundation filings (Corporate Affairs Commission).
- INEC gubernatorial results sheets, 1999–2023, for the governors' tenure dates.
- Contemporaneous press: Vanguard, Punch, ThisDay, Daily Trust, Premium Times.