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Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh (1919-1966) was Nigeria’s Minister of Finance.

Prior to his foray into politics, he was an astute businessman with enormous wealth. He was also a sport promoter, school proprietor, pan Africanist, etc.

He remains one of the most flamboyant and exquisitely dressed Nigerian politician ever. He typically dresses in flowing garments with a stretch of cloth several yards long held or attached to a boy.

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He was a man of great influence and power, both in and outside of Nigeria. He had influential international friends such as President John F. Kennedy and Israeli statesman, David Ben Gurion.

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In 1957, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh became Nigeria’s Minister of Finance.

He was also the first Nigerian Minister to present a Federal Budget. His budget speeches were always a combination of the best of economics, finance, fiscal policies, and literature.

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As Minister of Finance, Okotie-Eboh played key roles in the establishment of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1958.

He also supervised the introduction of the Nigerian national currency following the withdrawal of Ghana from the West African pound sterling.

Till this day, Festus Okotie-Eboh remains the only person to hold the portfolio of Minister of Finance for a record period of 9 years.

On January 15, 1966, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh was assassinated together with Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the prime minister of Nigeria, Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Chief Akintola, prime minister of Western Nigeria etc., in a military pogrom.


Source:

https://autojosh.com/nigerias-most-flamboyant-minister-of-finance/

ask Dino of Ajeku iya fame if he can drive these.Only. the Ekiti ponmo cutter. can it

Oketie-Eboh really lived an annoying flamboyant lifestyle while the average Nigerian wallows in abject poverty. Unfortunately the story is still the same today.

evy800:

sweet potato. can we meet @one. corner. b4 those noisemakers. Arrive

Na waoooooooo

That's the Garage of Late Senator Nwafor Orizu. I know that garage very well.
Foolish bloggers

But Tafawa wasn't living a flamboyant lifestyle to justify his gruesome murder by the coupists.

Paperwhite:
Oketie-Eboh really lived an annoying flamboyant lifestyle while the average Nigerian wallows in abject poverty. Unfortunately the story is still the same today.

And he paid dearly for it too.

Sealeddeal:
That's the Garage of Late Senator Nwafor Orizu. I know that garage very well.
Foolish bloggers

No you don't. That is Okiete-Eboh's garage. Some bloggers tried to credit it to Orizu some years back, but it turned out to be Okotie-Eboh's own.

ipobarecriminals:
sweet potato. can we meet @one. corner. b4 those noisemakers. Arrive

Fyi I am not in any way related 2 d potatoe family if u'r referrin 2 me use my name its clearly stated I think

The old Okotie and the new Okotie remain the same. Bith living flamboyant lives.

ipobarecriminals:
sweet potato. can we meet @one. corner. b4 those noisemakers. Arrive

Am not in any way related 2 d potatoe family if u'r referrin 2 me use my name its clearly stated

Isn't this the one that invented bribery for contracts by government. He brought Julius berger by earning kickbacks from bribes on federal contracts. Im sure bulk of Nigerian youths don't even know the man. He was killed cos of his super influence and wealth, plus corruption. Think he was the first massively corrupt public officer. Pls if u don't know history don't quote me to talk nonsense.

Paperwhite:
Oketie-Eboh really lived an annoying flamboyant lifestyle while the average Nigerian wallows in abject poverty. Unfortunately the story is still the same today.

Do you know how to read?
He was *(cking rich before he's the minister of finance

revolt:
Isn't this the one that invented bribery for contracts by government. He brought Julius berger by earning kickbacks from bribes on federal contracts. Im sure bulk of Nigerian youths don't even know the man. He was killed cos of his super influence and wealth, plus corruption. Think he was the first massively corrupt public officer. Pls if u don't know history don't quote me to talk nonsense.

Most likely but there were also some secretive ones. Okotie Eboh most or the family lost some wealth after his death. Supposedly one of major businessman in the 1970s got his start as Okotie's front. Another potential one is JMJ, another silent guy. Balewa was never the boss, Bello was the boss, Balewa knew what was going on but Bello wanted them to stay for political reasons.

see how biafrans tie cloth on a child's neck

some ibos just quoted me and said they are niger deltans not biafrans... but if it's to share money and claim ownership over oil now, dey will include even edo state
yeye people

No be today e start.

revolt:
Isn't this the one that invented bribery for contracts by government. He brought Julius berger by earning kickbacks from bribes on federal contracts. Im sure bulk of Nigerian youths don't even know the man. He was killed cos of his super influence and wealth, plus corruption. Think he was the first massively corrupt public officer. Pls if u don't know history don't quote me to talk nonsense.

Okotie Eboh was killed purely for political reasons as a key member of the government in power. Igbos also saw the retaliation from the North and how they've been pushed aside in present day politics.

"Prior to his foray into politics, he was an astute businessman with enormous wealth". This justifies his flamboyant lifestyle. After all balewa was just a teacher

rich people sha

Why e com long like wedding gown yansh?

If only instagram was available back then.........

Where is he today

Judas.

Aside being corrupt. He was also a hopelessly weak man, who though an Urhobo man, changed his name to his wife's family name which was itsekiri and proclaimed himself an itsekiri man.

Useless mo.fo.

Why was he having dress on a neck of a boy?


Slavery??

He was brutally assassinated by the ifeajunas and Nzeogwus

Amu ekwensu.
See money I dey wan do blood money

After all of that, he was killed like a chicken and is now rotten in his grave. Vanity upon vanity

Nigerians problem started years ago