Eyo Ita

Prof. Eyo Ita
Premier of Eastern Region of Nigeria
In office
1951–1953
Succeeded byNnamdi Azikiwe
Leader of Government Business, Eastern Region of Nigeria
In office
1951–1953
Minister for Natural Resources
Personal details
Born1903
Creek Town
Died1972
Political partyN.C.N.C
ProfessionEducationist Politician

Eyo Ita listenⓘ (1903–1972)[1] was a Nigerian educationist and politician from Creek Town, in present-day Cross River State, who was the leader of the Eastern Government of Nigeria in 1951 and the first Professor Nigeria ever had. He was one of the earliest Nigerian students who studied in the United States instead of the frequent route of studying in the United Kingdom.[2] He was a deputy national president of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

  1. ^ "African Concord". 2 (27–39). Concord Press of Nigeria. 1988: 30. Retrieved 2012-06-10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Kalu Ezera. Constitutional Developments in Nigeria: An Analytical Study of Nigeria's Constitution-Making Developments and the Historical and Political Factors That Affected Constitutional Change, 1960, p. 46.