Leader of Government Business, Eastern Region of Nigeria
In office 1951–1953
Minister for Natural Resources
Personal details
Born
1903 Creek Town
Died
1972
Political party
N.C.N.C
Profession
Educationist Politician
Nigerian educationist and politician
Eyo Italistenⓘ (1903–1972)[1] was a Nigerian educationist and politician from Creek Town, in present-day Cross River State, who was the leader of the Eastern Government of Nigeria in 1951 and the first Professor Nigeria ever had. He was one of the earliest Nigerian students who studied in the United States instead of the frequent route of studying in the United Kingdom.[2] He was a deputy national president of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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^Kalu Ezera. Constitutional Developments in Nigeria: An Analytical Study of Nigeria's Constitution-Making Developments and the Historical and Political Factors That Affected Constitutional Change, 1960, p. 46.
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government, Akpabio and a few other African owned school proprietors including EyoIta and Alvan Ikoku then formed a pressure group to solve the problems of African...
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principals for the school but in January 1926, EyoIta and E.E. Esua joined the staff and in August of the year, Ita became the headmaster. The initial venue...
conference in Ibadan organized to draft the Macpherson Constitution, Ojike and EyoIta, co-wrote a minority report criticizing the adoptions of a regional government...
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