# Paul Nwosu

Paul Nwosu is a Nigerian publisher and editor. In April 2022, he was sworn in as a commissioner in Anambra State, Nigeria. However, Sir Paul was replaced with Law Mefor when he resigned from his appointment as a Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment. The news had it that Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo sacked him as he resigned the same day the new Commissioner was sworn in. However, his resignation letter was revealed which stated, “I wish to resign my appointment as the Commissioner, Anambra State. I have consistently been in the service of Anambra State Government for ten years and six months, and I think it is time to move on to other things. My wife, Neta, and I are very grateful for the opportunity you have given to serve Anambra State. We are confident that with the policies and programmes you have enunciated, Anambra State is destined to become the liveable and prosperous homeland you promised our people.” He was the chairman of BeeCharity Outlook Foundation, an NGO focused on child labour eradication.

## Early life and education

Paul Nwosu hails from Atani in Ogbaru LGA, Anambra State, Nigeria. He is a graduate of Mass Communication with a Master of Science Degree (MSc) in Public Administration. He is married to Lady Neta Nwosu LSM, a marketing communications expert and Editor of The Catholic Herald Weekly Newspaper. They have children. Nwosu's sister died in 2024.

## Career

Nwosu was appointed Commissioner for Information in 2022 and has been in this post since Governor Soludo came into power. It is important to note that he was a Commissioner under Governor Willie Obiano and served for eight years. He was among the few commissioners who joined Governor Soludo from the previous administration. However, he resigned from this post in September 2024 with a claim for personal reasons. At his resignation, the Anambra state Governor, Charles Soludo commended Nwosu for his, "dedication and contributions during his tenure as Commissioner for Information, wishing him the very best in his future endeavours." In another scenario, Paul Nwosu was said to have been sacked from his post as Commissioner for Information by the Anambra state Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo. According to ThisDay, “Nwosu was sacked for incompetence, because of the dwindling image of the governor, especially in the face of next year’s governorship election.”
In his activities as the Commissioner for information in Anambra State, he performed activities relating to information dissemination, and government statements press conferences and issuing of government thoughts on the election.
He delivered a Keynote Address at the Symposium of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Anambra State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Awka in 2022 where he spoke on the environmental safety and health that, “the policy of urban regeneration is a marketing staple that the media amply embraced. The cities are decaying worldwide, and the global media cannot but put it on the front burner. This is being replicated in Anambra State where regenerating the urban areas entails land redevelopment, clearing the slums, revving up the inner cities, and generally creating opportunities for healthier living, housing and business.”
Nwosu attended the cultural events of the Anambra State Library Board, held at the Professor Kenneth Dike Central E-Library, Awka. He was at the 2023 Annual Conference of Nigerian Library Association Anambra State Chapter held at Awka.