A Portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (first premier of western region 1954-1959).
Date
2023
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Fct, Abuja: National Library of Nigeria, Headquarters
Abstract
Portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo;
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This is The Portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (First Premier of Western Region 1954-1959).
Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo GCFR (6 March 1909 – 9 May 1987) was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement (1957–1960). Awolowo founded the Yoruba nationalist group Egbe Omo Oduduwa, and was the first Leader of Government Business and Minister of Local Government and Finance, and first Premier of the Western Region under Nigeria's parliamentary system, from 1952 to 1959. He was the official opposition leader in the federal parliament to the Balewa government from 1959 to 1963.
Premier of Western Nigeria In office1 October 1954 – 1 October 1960
Federal Commissioner for Finance In office 1967–1971
Born Jeremiah Obafemi Oyeniyi Awolowo 6 March 1909
Ikenne, Southern Nigeria Protectorate (now in Ogun State, Nigeria) Died 9 May 1987 (aged 78) Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria
Political party
Unity Party of Nigeria (1978–1983)
Action Group (1950–1966)