Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-96), full name Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Nigerian politician and statesman. He was the first governor general of independent Nigeria during 1960-63, and its first president from its independence in 1963 to 1966.

Wisdom & Quotes

• It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them.

- address at the annual convention of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, Kaduna Nigeria (April 5, 1948)

• Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

Marya Mannes