George Akume is the former Governor of Benue State and Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Benue North West Senatorial District. He was born on December 27, 1953 in Wannune village, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State.

George had his primary education at the then Native Authority (N.A) Primary School Wannune from 1960 to 66 and then proceeded to Government Secondary School, Otobi, now Model Science School, Otukpo from 1967 to 1971 for his secondary education. He attended St. Louis College for his Advanced Level in 1972, and there after proceeded to the University of Ibadan for his Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology graduating in 1978.

He also obtained a Masters Degree in Industrial and Labour Relations (MILR) from the same Department and University in 1986. He also went to the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) where he obtained a Certificate in Management (1988).

Before his foray into Nigerian politics, Akume worked in the Benue State civil service and rose to the position of Permanent Secretary.

After the return to democracy in 1999 Akume contested in the governorship elections, winning on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

He successfully ran for re-election in 2003 for a second term in office still on the PDP platform.

After his second tenure as the Governor of Benue State, Akume, contested for the senatorial seat of Benue North West Senatorial District in the 2007 National Assembly elections and won.

At his second time of asking in the 2011 general elections, he was successfully re-elected, this though, on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) party.

In 2015, following the merger of the ACN and some other parties in Nigeria to form the ALL Progressives Congress (APC), Akume contested again for the senatorial position of Benue North West with the ticket of the APC and was again successful. He, then, became the Minority Leader of the Senate from June 2011 to June 2015.
The former governor was the Chairman Senate Committee on Army during his political period in the Red Chamber.
In 2019, he lost his senatorial seat to Senator Orke Jev of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
George was appointed as the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs by former President Muhammadu Buhari on 21st August 2019.
Dr George Igbegbe Akume was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on Friday 4th June, 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He is unassuming, urbane and highly productive. His mien anywhere he goes is writ-large as it bears his trademark sartorial elegance. Yet, he is characteristically unobtrusive. His gait and speech mannerism combine to paint a composite picture of a rare politician, who aggregates the benefits of the social contract between the government and the governed. He has consistently proved that public service, whether through the civil service or politics, is a trust, anchored in the public perception of leadership accountability as circumscribed in governance.

As former two-term Governor of Benue State, three-term Senator and former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Akume is fondly addressed as the GSM (Governor, Senator, Minister). The social media is agog with encomiums on what is now called the GSMS, the last S standing for Secretary to the Government of the Federation. In his close political circles, he is understandably referred to as the “just George,” a judge, indeed, no pun intended, of good conscience. His sagacity and capacity to deploy the same in utilitarian benefits of supporters and associates in political engagements, apparently drawing from his background as labour relations intellectual, are simply phenomenal.


As a sociologist, this largely explicates the ease with which Senator Akume understands tendencies, behavioral patterns, peculiarities of the disparate personas that congregate around and relate with him in the constantly changing shapes, contexts and contents of real politics and politicking. The intricate knowledge derived from the link between academic exertions and work place experience had prepared George Akume for public service and politics.

It could be recalled that in the build-up to the 2019 Presidential elections, Akume’s excellence in service was acknowledged by President Muhammadu Buhari with his appointment as the Vice-Chairman (North) of the APC Presidential Campaign Council. On 21 August, 2019, the popular politician was sworn-in by President Muhammadu Buhari as Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs. He has been discharging this national assignment creditably.

In recognition of his service to his community, state and the nation, Akume has so far been given a good number of awards including “Most Distinguished Alumnus” (MDA) of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA); “Honour Awards” by the Benue State and Rivers State branches of the UIAA, and a Life Member UIAA; “Distinguished Humanist Award”; “Best Performing Governor of PDP Governors from the North Central Zone”. Others are “Patron of the Institute of Public Relations”; “Fellow of the Sociological Association of Nigeria”, and “Ambassador of Peace”, among others. Akume is also a recipient of the key to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is very widely travelled.

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Congratulations, a square peg in a square hole.

A good man, congratulations

The same ppl that plunk Nigeria in this economic backwardness cannot take them out it

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Nothing ,no achievement ,just political positions held not that he has performed well in any of the previous positions held

He has been given SSG the functionality engine room of ministries

Tomorrow they would give reason why they failed


We have been told Tinubu worked with the best brains blah blah blah ,.I ask which one has any international organizations given appointment ....none

No Tinubu boy can be compared to Oby ezekwezili ...none in terms of profile ....from osibanjo to MC olomo

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Your generation is worst of all.
The drug addicts, yahoo generation, cultists, wasted generation and so forth