XANDERBOY85:


No prizes for guessing who is gaining from any southern bickering and disunity!

Lubumbashi:
Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo just grab everything for themselves. Thank God for states creation. It liberated minorities from the shackles of the 3 major ethnic groups.

Odingo1:
The problem of Yorubas is that they dont want to see Igbos holding important positions. Any government that appoint many Igbos to equal their number in participation, they will start shouting that Igbos dominate such government, that is what they did with GEJ administration.

Buhari sadline Igbos and they were the happiest people despite suffering from the same nepotism.

dignity33:
for those who there agenda on nairaland is to tarnish the image of Igbo or to instigate other Nigeria tribe against Igbos know it today that whatever evils propaganda you are planning we are ready to counter it with facts. Now you are made to judge from this fact.

This are Tafarwa Belawa Cabinet.

1. First cabinet: 1957–59
On 30 August 1957 the Governor-General of Nigeria, Sir James Wilson Robertson, announced that Abubakar Tafawa Balewa had been appointed Prime Minister, with a broad-based National Government.[1] His first cabinet included ministers from all parties.[2]The cabinet was based on that appointed after the 1954 elections.[1] Cabinet ministers included:

[ ] Prime MinisterTafawa Balewa
[ ] Transportation - Raymond Njoku
[ ] Education - Aja Nwachukwu Replaced Matthew Mbu
[ ] Commerce - K. O. Mbadiwe
[ ] Communications - Samuel AkintolaNew appointee
[ ] Finance - Festus Okotie-Eboh
[ ] Internal Affairs - J. M. Johnson replaced Adegoke Adelabu
[ ] Information - Kola Balogun
[ ] Health - Ayo Rosiji New appointee
[ ] Mines - Muhammadu Ribadu
[ ] Works - Zanna Bukar Dipcharima Replaced Inuwa Wada

Second cabinet: 1959–64

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa' in 1962

The next elections were held on 12 December 1959. Results were Northern People's Congress (NPC): 134 seats; National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) /Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU): 89 seats; Action Group (AG): 73 seats; Other: 16 seats. The NPC and NCNC formed an alliance to create the new government, with Belewa again Prime Minister. Nnamdi Azikiwe became ceremonial president. Northerners were given the most important ministerial posts. Balewa at first retained control of foreign policy, which was pro-western, and did not consult the cabinet. The Balewa coalition of the NPC and NCNC held until 1964, when it broke up due to a dispute over leadership and ministerial appointments. On 8 December 1964 parliament was officially dissolved. Ministers in the second Balewa cabinet were:

Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa

Foreign Affairs - Jaja Wachuku

Attorney - Gen/JusticeTaslim Olawale
Elias
Lands & Lagos Affairs - Muhammadu Ribadu
Finance - Festus Okotie Eboh

Transport and Aviation - Raymond Njoku

Commerce & industries - Zanna Bukar Dipcharima

Works & Surveys - Inua Wada

Labour & Welfare - J. M. JohnsonAlso responsible for Sports.

Education - Aja Nwachukwu

Mines & Power - Maitama Sule

Economic Development & Natural Resources - Shehu Shagari

Communications - Olu Akinfosile

Internal Affairs - Usman Sarki

Information - T. O. S. Benson

Health - Waziri Ibrahim

Pensions, Establishment & Nigerianization - Yisa Yara'Dua


Third cabinet: 1964–66

Before the general elections of December 1964 the United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA), an alliance of the NCNC, AG, NEPU and United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC), complained that the campaign had not been free or fair. In the north, candidates had been intimidated and prevented from registering. President Azikiwe tried to postpone the elections, but Balewa held them anyway. Despite a partial boycott of the elections by the UPGA, the NNA alliance between the NPC and Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), gained only a slim majority. Azikiwe at first refused to ask Balewa to form a cabinet, but after a power struggle that lasted a few days he agreed on condition that Balewa's government be broad-based, and that fresh elections be held in the regions where the boycott had taken effect. Balewa's government of national unity included members from both the winning and losing parties. There were 54 members in the cabinet from the NPC (22), NNDP (14), NCNC (15) as well as three independents. This included 21 Cabinet Ministers, 11 Ministers of Cabinet Rank without Portfolio and 22 Ministers without Cabinet Rank. Ministers with Portfolios were:

Prime Minister & External Affairs - Tafawa Balewa

Defense - Muhammadu Ribadu Inua Ribadu 

Attorney - Gen/JusticeTaslim Olawale Elias

Finance - Festus Okotie-Eboh

Transport - Zanna Bukar Dipcharima

Aviation - Jaja Wachuku

Trade - K. O. Mbadiwe

Industries - Augustus Akinloye

Works - Inua Wada

Housing & Surveys - Adeniran Ogunsanya

Labor - Adeleke Adedoyin

Education - Richard Akinjide

Mines & Power - Maitama Sule. Dominic Mapeo Minister of State

Economic Development - Waziri Ibrahim

Natural Resources & Research - Alade Lamuye

Communications - Raymond Njoku

Internal Affairs - Shehu Shagari

Information - Ayo Rosiji

Health - Moses Majekodunmi

Establishment - Jacob Obande

MinorityOpinion:
.... Headed by the first Nigerian prime minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa. There were 13 African ministers, of whom six were from the NCNC(igbos), four were of the Northern People’s(Hausa) Congress (NPC), two belonged to the Action Group(yoruba)

Gforce2015:



Don't mind all these Ipob people. The generation of Cain. Fugitive and vagabond generation.
They are a curse to any place occupies. Internet fraudsters, kidnappers, international and local Ashewo, etc.

WeneWali:


Is that your new way of revising history as a yoruba man?

So you've tagged the yorubas in NCNC as Ibos?

Typical Afonja. The world is laughing at your shamelessness and your buffoonery.