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Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by lalasticlala(m): 7:46am On May 21, 2015
Wayas was born in Basang, Obudu, Cross River State on 21 May 1941 and attended the Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. He went to the United Kingdom where he studied at the Higher Tottenham Technical College, London, the West Bronwich College of Commerce, Science and Technology, Birmingham and Aston University, Birmingham. Returning to Nigeria, he worked as a manager or controller from 1960-1969 for several companies in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.[1] Wayas is a member of the Society of International Affairs at the Lincoln University, United States.[2]

Wayas joined the Federal Government in 1969-72. He was commissioner for Transport, South-Eastern State, now broken into Akwa Ibom and Cross River states from 1972-74. He was a member of the constituent Assembly in 1977-78.[1]

Senate President
When General Olusegun Obasanjo terminated military rule in 1979, Joseph Wayas was elected to the Senate on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform and appointed Senate President. Wayas had an excellent relationship with president Shehu Shagari, ensuring that bills were generally discussed and agreed before being introduced.[3] Wayas used to play tennis with the US ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Thomas R. Pickering, afterwards taking Pickering to the State House at Ribadu Road to visit with President Shagari, a breach of protocol.[4]

Under Wayas's leadership the Senate summoned Tony Momoh, editor of the Daily Times, for contempt. This caused a major legal battle in which Momoh successfully argued that as a journalist he was empowered by the constitution to hold government accountable at all times.[5]

While visiting the USA in September 1981, Wayas was entertained by boxer Muhammad Ali, who threw a spectacular party in his honor. Ali had previously visited Nigeria and received red-carpet treatment.[6]

In the lead-up to the 1983 elections, Wayas was the leader of the NPN party's "Lagos Group" that supported a change of governor in Cross River State, in opposition to the "Home Front" led by the incumbent governor Clement Isong.[7] Wayas left office along with other members of the Shagari administration when General Muhammadu Buhari staged a coup on New Year's Eve 1983, and went into exile.[8] He returned in 1987 and was held in political detention, 1987-1988.[1]

Later career
Wayas was a member of the 1994/1995 National Constitutional Conference.[9] In 1998 Wayas was a founding member of the All People's Party. He later joined the People's Democratic Party in 2001 at the urging of Cross River governor Donald Duke.[10] He was a strong believer in true federalism as the only solution to Nigeria's democratic problems, which had been manifested in the Nigerian Civil War.[11] In October 2003 he spoke out against the ongoing local council reforms by the Federal Government, describing them as "unconstitutional".[12]

Wayas was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the South-South Peoples Assembly (SSPA).[13] In January 2009 he described post-election petitions to electoral tribunals as senseless, reckless and time wasting.[14] In January 2010, Wayas advocated that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan be authorized to act as President pending the return of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who had been incapacitated by illness for some time.[9]


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Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Nobody: 7:48am On May 21, 2015
What a co-incidence

I share birthday with this great man


plz friends celebrate my too


just 50 likes is enough for me

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Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by frankman365(m): 7:51am On May 21, 2015
Hbd and Llnp
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Nobody: 7:54am On May 21, 2015
Never heard of him beforeundecided
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by missbehave247(m): 7:54am On May 21, 2015
HBD
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Trailblazer1(m): 7:57am On May 21, 2015
undecided
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by CountDracula(m): 7:58am On May 21, 2015
Who him be?
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Nobody: 7:59am On May 21, 2015
Never heard of him embarassed
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by debo07(m): 8:02am On May 21, 2015
Never heard of him
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by justi4jesu(f): 8:11am On May 21, 2015
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:13am On May 21, 2015
HBD

Although I don't know you undecided
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by markidoo(m): 8:53am On May 21, 2015
Borrussia:
Never heard of him beforeundecided
Go ask ur dad. No offence.
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by Nobody: 8:56am On May 21, 2015
markidoo:
Go ask ur dad. No offence.
Results of early morning weeds.
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by IceSplash(f): 8:59am On May 21, 2015
Hbd to him







Don't know him tho
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by sirrinky: 9:23am On May 21, 2015
Good

Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by dre11(m): 9:40am On May 21, 2015
Happy birthday to him and more power to his elbow
Re: Joseph Wayas Celebrates His 74th Birthday Today by infobiz9ja(m): 9:52am On May 21, 2015
Who is he?

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