Onimim Ernestina Jacks (née Briggs) is a lawyer serving since June 2015 as the Rivers State Commissioner of Agriculture in Nigeria. She is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party.
Early life and education
Jacks was born on 4 December 1961 in Buguma, Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State. She attended Federal Government College, Port Harcourt as a teenager. She holds a master's degree in law.
Honors and awards
Member, Governing Council of the Federal Government College, Port HarcourtFellow, FIDAFellow, AshokaWorks published by Jacks include;
Using ADR in resolving maritime disputes: a Nigerian perspective, Volume 1, Number 1, Port Harcourt Bar Journal, December 2004Women’s Rights under the Nigerian Criminal Law, a monograph. 2003Genderizing the 1999 Constitution, accepted for publication, Journal of Public Law, RSUST Vol. 2 2003Case Review; State vs. Cornelius Obasi (1998) 9 NWLR, (part 567) 686, the Nigerian Law and Practice Journal of the Council of Legal Education,The Problems of the Niger Delta as a Human Rights Issue, a paper presented at the conference on the Niger Delta at Port Harcourt, 6–9 December 2000.The Legal Regime of the Local Government System in Nigeria, University of Calabar Law Journal, 2001.
