ccording to Richard Sklar, an American political scientist who authored the the book “Nigerian Political Parties”, Mallam Umaru Altine who hailed from the old Sokoto Province of the defunct region of Northern Nigeria and who served as President of the Enugu Branch of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons(NCNC) was elected the first Mayor of Enugu in 1956.

In my humble opinion, this again goes to show the kind of very elevated and futuristic politics played by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first Premier of Eastern Nigeria and the most sincere proponent of Nigerian national unity of all time. It is a testimony to his impeccable credentials as the ultimate Nigerian that during his time in office, a Mid-Westerner and incumbent Oba Erediauwa of Benin (then Prince Solomon Akenzua) and a Northerner, the late Abdulaziz Atta, the Gowon-era Secretary to the Government of the Federation who died in 1972, both served as Permanent Secretaries of the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service.

Thank Nnamdi Azikiwe for giving that fulani d cow dealer an opportunity in igbo land. Can any hausa or fulani man give an igbo man such opportunity in d north?

MakeMusicMoney: ccording to Richard Sklar, an American political scientist who authored the the book “Nigerian Political Parties”, Mallam Umaru Altine who hailed from the old Sokoto Province of the defunct region of Northern Nigeria and who served as President of the Enugu Branch of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons(NCNC) was elected the first Mayor of Enugu in 1956.
In my humble opinion, this again goes to show the kind of very elevated and futuristic politics played by Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first Premier of Eastern Nigeria and the most sincere proponent of Nigerian national unity of all time. It is a testimony to his impeccable credentials as the ultimate Nigerian that during his time in office, a Mid-Westerner and incumbent Oba Erediauwa of Benin (then Prince Solomon Akenzua) and a Northerner, the late Abdulaziz Atta, the Gowon-era Secretary to the Government of the Federation who died in 1972, both served as Permanent Secretaries of the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service.

Sauce??

So? Does his tribe matter?

Garri the 1st:

Sauce??

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enugu

Exactly!

Gone are those days when tribal sentiments, religion differences, political differences were ignored.

The current chief judge of Nigeria got married to a hausa-fulani muslim,Farida Waziri the former efcc boss is a wife to a hausa fulani man,Titi Abubakar d wife of d former vice president is a christian, bauchi state governor Yuguda got married to a yoruba christian, sarah jubril one time presidential aspirant got married to a muslim. The list is endless but d same cannot b said of any hausa-fulani-kanuri muslim lady getting married to a chritian guy,

In Ibadan a Nupe man ws the Mayor of Ibadan City Council at a time!We must go back to those values that defined us as a people in the past for national cohesion and development.viva Nigeria.