Jah Man: Balewa's Ministers
OFFICE NAME TERM
Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 1957–1966
Foreign Affairs Jaja Wachuku 1961–1965
Transportation Raymond Njoku 1957–1960
Education Aja Nwachukwu 1957–1960
Commerce K. O. Mbadiwe 1957–1960
Communications Samuel Ladoke Akintola 1957–1960
Finance Festus Okotie-Eboh 1957–1960
Internal Affairs J. M. Johnson 1957–1960
Information Kola Balogun 1957–1960
Health Ayo Rosiji 1957–1960
Labor ....... .......
Mines Muhammadu Ribadu 1957–1960

what does this suggest?

Vessi: Cabinet members from the old Eastern region were dominant.

Sunny_bobo:

More like Easterners were more qualified in merit.

Sunny_bobo:

More like Easterners were more qualified in merit.

KIRIJI: But the january 15 1966 ibo coup plotters claimed that the government was corrupt; why did they refuse to kill the easterners who were in the 'corrupt' governments cabinet?

T8ksy:


Dem go tell us dat those ibos were not 'corrupt'. That's ibo logic otherwise known as IBOISM, for you.

T8ksy:


Dem go tell us dat those ibos were not 'corrupt'. That's ibo logic otherwise known as IBOISM, for you.

aventura:
What is your problem with Igbos?

Your obsession with them makes them feel more important. Why don't you for once ignore them. Going Through your post I can see that all you do is replying any igbo post or topic. Its an unhealthy obsession if you ask me.

wordcat:

Efuruefu ka ibu

1wolex85:
But if another tribe dominates, then its not on merit right?

T8ksy:


Got no problem with ibos per se but just can't stand IBOISM.

aventura:
What is your problem with Igbos?

Your obsession with them makes them feel more important. Why don't you for once ignore them. Going Through your post I can see that all you do is replying any igbo post or topic. Its an unhealthy obsession if you ask me.

musiwa112: nigeria had no prime minister from 1957 to 1960.. fraud...

Sir sijo: he trusted them but they turned their backs on him i guess....

musiwa112: nigeria had no prime minister from 1957 to 1960.. fraud...

DerideGull:

You are an enigma. Most respondents, before or after your post including the poster, are imbecilic tribal bigots or egocentric dunces . The listed ministerial appointment is not for the government headed by Tafawa Balewa from 1960 however it was a cabinet led by the colonialists determined by the 1956 federal election. It was a pre-independence cabinet which Tafawa Balewa was a minister of defense. Nonetheless, the list missed one important name as history would have demanded.

ndu_chucks:

Mr. Gull, your admonition is grossly misdirected. The OP's title stated that the said cabinet was Tafawa Balew'a cabinet as a Prime Minister and musiwa set the record straight. You yourself supported musiwa's position by confirming that Tafawa Balewa was a minister of defense in the time period mentioned by the OP. In case you are still blind, here's what the OP stated "Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 1957–1966".

Yet you come here to spew balderdash. You should be correcting the OP. ode

Mayor_of_Lagos: Deride, can you please show us the correct list of ministers under Balewa leadership from 60 - 66?

DerideGull:


Mayor, it will be difficult to list ministers under Balewa's leadership from 60-66. The turnover of ministerial appointment was simply ridiculous because of change of political rule, party interest and loyalty. It was more stable under the partial colonial rule than when Nigeria gained independence.

Let me give you a likely scenario under partial colonial rule. K O Mbadiwe ministerial appointment in Ministry of Commerce ended in 1958 because his loyalty to NCNC was doubted and he bolted from NCNC to UNDP. He lost his appointed to Zana Dipcharima in 1958. Also in education, Adegoke Adelabu was engulfed with trumped up changes of embezzlement, he lost his appointment to Aja Nwachukwu. Dr EML Endeley lost his Labor ministries because of his issues with NCNC. Ribadu also switched with Abubakar Balewa in the ministry of defense in 1961 thereby making way for Yusuf Maitama Sule in Mines and Power.

ndu_chucks:

Mr. Gull, to ward off charges or revisionism, where is your source of this information? We know you hardly make things up.

Idi Amin: I just hate yarubas, I wish boko boys can wipe them out. Enough of all those two-faced people in this country

Idi Amin: I just hate yarubas, I wish boko boys can wipe them out. Enough of all those two-faced people in this country