Marshall Stanley Uwom

Marshall Stanley Uwom, (born 13 December 1965) is a political figure and lawyer from Rivers State, Nigeria. He is a prince of the Agba Royal family of Abua Kingdom in Abua–Odual local government area. He is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party. Uwom held various cabinet-level positions in the past, particularly as Commissioner of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Commissioner of the Ministry of Agriculture. In 2015, he was elected to the Rivers State House of Assembly where he serves as Deputy Speaker.

Early life and education Marshall Stanley Uwom was born in Yenagoa, present-day capital of Bayelsa State to the family of Stanley J.I. Uwom (JP), a businessman and philanthropist. He earned his West African Senior School Certificate from Okrika Grammar School in 1981, before going to St Lawrence College, Ramsgate Kent in South East England for his Oxford and Cambridge Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates.

In 2007, he was put in charge of a special state government fund of ₦100,000,000 provided for the people of Abua–Odual local government area by the Odili administration. The assignment entailed superintending a committee of 20 distinguished indigenes of the local government area for the rehabilitation and resettlement of victims and communities ravaged by violent conflict and crisis. During that assignment, he managed to enumerate and screen over 500 scholarship applicants of which 50 applicants were finally chosen for overseas scholarship. In addition, he ensured that each of the 44 communities of Abua–Odual local government area were given the sum of ₦1,000,000 each to carry out community based projects of their choice. Various sums of cash relief were also presented to victims of the crisis.

Commissioner of Agriculture Uwom became the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture in 2008.

Committee memberships Uwom served on various committees at the state and national levels including: