Kenneth Kobani

Kenneth Bie Kobani is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party. He is a former Rivers State Commissioner of Finance, and was previously a Commissioner of Commerce and Industry. He was a former National Treasurer of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).He served as a minister in the Cabinet of President Jonathan, serving as the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment. He is a former Secretary to the State Government in Rivers State, a position to which he was appointed in June 2015. and left office in 2019.

Early life
Kobani was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He is the son of Chief Nna Edward Kobani,(Tonsimene Gokana),a politician who was murdered at Giokoo, Gokana on 21 May 1994.

Memberships
Knight of the Catholic Church, of the Order of St. Mulumba.
 * Member, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and Barrister at Law in the UK.