Godwin Obaseki
Website: www.edostate.gov.ng
Office Date: 12th November, 2016
Address: Government House, Benin.
Birth Date: 1st July, 1959
Birth State: Edo State
Political Party: All Progressive Congress (APC)
Spouse: Mrs Betsy Obaseki
State: Edo State
Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki (born 1st July, 1959 in Benin City, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He was the Chairman of the Edo State Economic and Strategy Team inaugurated by former Governor Adams Oshiomole in March 2009.
Education: Obaseki holds post graduate degrees in both Finance and International Business, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers, Nigeria. Thereafter, he proceeded to the University of Ibadan, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Classics. He attended Columbia University and Pace University in New York, where he obtained an MBA in Finance and International Business. Obaseki is the founding secretary, (1992), of a US-based Africa Chamber of Commerce. He was also a Director of Junior Achievement of Nigeria – the local affiliate of international Not for Profit Organisation. Obaseki served as executive board member of several private companies including Afrinvest.