Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and his predecessor Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan have joined Deltans to express deep sadness on the passing of Chairman, Delta State Bureau of Pensions, Sir Anthony Obuh. The late Obuh served Okowa and Uduaghan in different capacities at different times.

Obuh, a retired Permanent Secretary and politician, hails from Oki community, Agbor Kingdom, Ika South Local Government Area of the state.

He reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, after a protracted illness. He was aged 62.

The deceased was Permanent Secretary, Government House and Protocols between 2007 and 2014 when he retired voluntarily to contest for the office of Governor of Delta on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Although he lost the primaries, he remained a committed and loyal party man. Former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan later appointed him as Commissioner for Special Duties, a position he occupied until the end of the administration in May, 2015.

Under Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration, he was appointed Chairman, Delta State Bureau of Pensions in June, 2018, a position he held until he died.

Okowa described him as “thoroughbred technocrat” whose contributions to the civil service would be indelible, adding that he felt a “personal loss’’ with the demise of the great son of Ikaland.

Anthony Chuks Obuh (born 27 January 1957)  to the family of Mr. George Obuh, from Ika South Local Government Area of Delta, state. He served as a Permanent Secretary in Government House, Delta State from 2007-2014. He was a member of the Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM), Honorary Member of the Institute of Strategic Management and also a Member of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM).

His father Mr. George Obuh, numbered among the pioneer educationists of Ika Nation in the pre-independence era. Mr. George Obuh was also a devout Catholic and his career as a teacher took him to many towns in Ikaland, and beyond, with his immediate family always in tow. Being under the Catholic Missionary Service, Pa Obuh was also obliged, along with his teaching duties, to assume minor religious roles in the various towns and villages where he served.

He attended St. John’s II primary School, Agbor from 1964 – 1969 from where he obtained First School Leaving Certificate. Thereafter, he proceeded to the St. Anthony’s College, Ubulu-uku 1969 – 73 and Government College, Ughelli from 1973 – 1975. Young Anthony immediately advanced to the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, from 1975 -1979, where he earned a Bacholor of Arts (Combined) Honours, History/political. , Anthony later attended the University of Ibadan for a Masters degree in Industrial and Labour Relations

Anthony served as a civil servant for 32 years.  He started his civil service career as an administrative officer II in 1982 (Then Bendel state ) rose to hold several key position in the Delta State (then Bendel State ) civil commission. Such as director of investment and loans 1995-1998, director, planning, research and statistics, acting chairman Bendel insurance company limited in 1988, He was appointed as a Permanent Secretary in Government House in 2007, a position he occupied till august 20014 when he tendered his resignation to contest the 2015 gubernatorial election in Delta State under the platform of the People Democratic Party.