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. He was a patriot and was active in nationalist movement; became president of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, vice-president of the Nigerian National Democratic party, member of the House of Assembly, prime minister of the eastern region, and governor-general of Nigeria. Elected first president of the Nigerian republic in 1963; suspended from office during military uprising in 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

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