Category: Policy
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Murtala Muhammed; Head of the short-lived military government whose face adorn the twenty naira note. Muhammed became Nigerian Head of State on July 29, 1975 following the overthrow of General Yakwubu Gowon,… read more
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Samu’ila Danko Makama; Demographer who conducted the first population census in Nigeria as chairman of National Population Commission NPC. Makama’s 2006 Census was a head count that was tailored to suit the… read more
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Ndayako Umar Sanda; Monarch and administrator, was the chairman of the Technical Committee set up by the federal government on the review of the structure of local government councils in Nigeria. Young… read more
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Babatunde Fafunwa Aliu; Nigerian educationist, only Nigerian academic to have been involved in all the reform processes of the country’s education sector since independence. Fafunwa was an advocate of free education and… read more
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Dabiri-Erewa Abike; Member, Nigerian House of Representatives of the 4th to the 6th Assembly and at different times, Chairman of the House Committees on Diaspora Affairs and Media and Publicity respectively. Dabiri-Erewa… read more
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Irene Chigbue; Director-General Of the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) who succeeded Dr. Julius Bala in March 2005. She was first involved with the Nigeria’s privatization programme between 1989 to 1991 when… read more
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Simeon Adebo; Public servant of the Nigerian first post-colonial generation. He was head of the Western region civil service during the political impasse that led to the Emergency rule which was declared… read more
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Stephen Oluwole Awokoya; Educationist, who as minister was responsible for launching the Awolowo administration’s Universal Primary Education in the West. Awokoya contributed in various ways to the development of the physical sciences.… read more
