Festus Okotie-Eboh

Festus Okotie Eboh
Okotie-Eboh in 1963
Minister of Finance
In office
1957 – 15 January 1966
Prime MinisterAbubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byObafemi Awolowo
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare
In office
1955–1957
Prime MinisterAbubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Festus Samuel Edah

(1912-07-18)18 July 1912
Warri, Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Died15 January 1966(1966-01-15) (aged 53)
Political partyNational Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
Children9, including Ajoritsedere Awosika (daughter)
Relatives
OccupationPolitician

Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh (18 July 1912 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who was the finance minister of Nigeria from 1957 to 1966 during the administration of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.[1]

Okotie-Eboh was born to an Itsekiri Chief, Prince Okotie Eboh in Warri Division, a town along the Benin River in Niger Delta.[2][3] Before his change of name, he was Chief Festus Samuel Edah. He was a National Treasurer of the Nigerian First Republic party, NCNC, he was also a leader of the Federal Parliamentary Party of NCNC, replacing K.O. Mbadiwe.[4]

  1. ^ "Chief Festus Sam Okotie-Eboh, the colossus lives on". Vanguard News. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ Larson, Sylvia B. (February 2000). Evans, George (1797-1867), lawyer, politician, and businessman. American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400350.
  3. ^ "Okotie- Eboh: In time and history". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sklar, Richard (2004). Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Africa World Press Press. p. 227. ISBN 9781592212095.