Onimim Jacks

Onimim Ernestina Jacks (née Briggs) is a lawyer serving since June 2015 as the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture in Nigeria.[1][2] She is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Jacks was born on 4 December 1961 in Buguma, Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State.[3] She attended Federal Government College, Port Harcourt as a teenager. She holds a master's degree in law.[4]

Honors and awards
  • Member, Governing Council of the Federal Government College, Port Harcourt
  • Fellow, FIDA
  • Fellow, Ashoka

Publications

Works published by Jacks include;[5]

  • Using ADR in resolving maritime disputes: a Nigerian perspective, Volume 1, Number 1, Port Harcourt Bar Journal, December 2004
  • Women’s Rights under the Nigerian Criminal Law, a monograph. 2003
  • Genderizing the 1999 Constitution, accepted for publication, Journal of Public Law, RSUST Vol. 2 2003
  • Case Review; State vs. Cornelius Obasi (1998) 9 NWLR, (part 567) 686, the Nigerian Law and Practice Journal of the Council of Legal Education,
  • The Problems of the Niger Delta as a Human Rights Issue, a paper presented at the conference on the Niger Delta at Port Harcourt, 6–9 December 2000.
  • The Legal Regime of the Local Government System in Nigeria, University of Calabar Law Journal, 2001.

See also

References
  1. "RSG Assures On Livestock Diseases Eradication". The Tide. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. "Rivers State Artisan Fishermen Get New Exco". The Newswriter. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. "The Honourable Commissioner of Agriculture". Riversstate.net.ng. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. Daniels, Joyce (14 October 2013). "FGC PH Class of '88 25th Anniversary Reunion Dinner". Joyce Daniels. Retrieved 6 July 2015. Mrs Onimim Jacks of the pioneer 1973 set of the school, proposed the toast
  5. "Executive Director". Legal Research Initiative. Retrieved 6 July 2015.


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