#Throw back to Nigerian History.
Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam who was born on 29 of November 1906
in Afikpo, Ebonyi state.
He also attended the university of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
and graduated with a medical degree in 1934.
He is mostly regarded by the Biafran people for his act of
retaliating the majesty’s government and returned all his British imperial
awards to queen Elizabeth II of England in 1968.
He was responsible for most of the first developmental
projects that were carried out in the Eastern part of Nigeria.
He was honored to be an officer of the civil division of the
most excellent order of the British empire (O.B.E) for services to church and
state. Also the knight commander of the civil division of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire
(K. B.E)
He was appointed governor by her royal majesty in 1960 with
the assent of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria.
If you know anything about this important personality ,that helped build a great nigeria; lets hear you.
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