Awolowo contributed a lot to the development of the western region by introducing a good welfare system to his people

These are some of his major achievements as the finance minister and western premier:

1.) He named Nigeria’s national currency as ‘Naira’ when he was the Federal Commissioner for Finance. The late sage took the name of Nigeria and collapsed it as ‘Naira’

2.) Awolowo introduced free primary education for all and free health care for children in the Western Region.

3. )He established the first television station in Africa in 1959.

4. )He also erected the first skyscraper in tropical Africa:the Cocoa House (still the tallest in Ibadan).

5.) Awo as fondly called was conferred by President Shehu Shagari with the title of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the first and only non-president to be so honoured in recognition of his sterling qualities and contributions to the service of the country.

6.) He was the first individual in the modern era to be named Leader of the Yorubas (Yoruba: Asiwaju Omo Oodua), a title which has come over time to be conventionally ascribed to his successors as the recognized political leader of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria.

7.) The man widely believed by admirers to be the best President Nigeria never had was the first Leader of Government Business and Minister of Local Government and Finance and first Premier of the Western Region under Nigeria’s parliamentary system, from 1952 to 1959.

8.) In 1949 he founded the Nigerian Tribune, the oldest surviving private Nigerian newspaper, which he used to spread nationalist consciousness among his fellow Nigerians.

9.) The party he founded, Action Group was the first to move the motion for Nigeria’s independence in the federal parliament and he obtained internal self-government for the Western Region in 1957.

10.) The University of Ife was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was.

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BravoDe:
Awolowo contributed a lot to the development of the western region by introducing a good welfare system to his people

These are some of his major achievements as the finance minister and western premier:

1.) He named Nigeria’s national currency as ‘Naira’ when he was the Federal Commissioner for Finance. The late sage took the name of Nigeria and collapsed it as ‘Naira’

2.) Awolowo introduced free primary education for all and free health care for children in the Western Region.

3. )He established the first television station in Africa in 1959.

4. )He also erected the first skyscraper in tropical Africa:the Cocoa House (still the tallest in Ibadan).

5.) Awo as fondly called was conferred by President Shehu Shagari with the title of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the first and only non-president to be so honoured in recognition of his sterling qualities and contributions to the service of the country.

6.) He was the first individual in the modern era to be named Leader of the Yorubas (Yoruba: Asiwaju Omo Oodua), a title which has come over time to be conventionally ascribed to his successors as the recognized political leader of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria.

7.) The man widely believed by admirers to be the best President Nigeria never had was the first Leader of Government Business and Minister of Local Government and Finance and first Premier of the Western Region under Nigeria’s parliamentary system, from 1952 to 1959.

8.) In 1949 he founded the Nigerian Tribune, the oldest surviving private Nigerian newspaper, which he used to spread nationalist consciousness among his fellow Nigerians.

9.) The party he founded, Action Group was the first to move the motion for Nigeria’s independence in the federal parliament and he obtained internal self-government for the Western Region in 1957.

10.) The University of Ife was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was.

Arrant nonsense!!!!!

Nice man. He may not be a saint, but he sure did his best just like Zik in the East and Osadebey in the Midwest. To the other tribes in Nigeria, he may be 'traitor' but I wonder where the Yoruba people would be without his early push for mass literacy in his region.

If Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa did as much up North, Nigeria probably won't be stuck with a president that failed O'level maths and didn't even offer elementary Economics. What does that one know about managing a country now. Wahala just be like bicycle.

11: Institutionalized suicide in south west. Ratak comes to mind

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Arrant nonsense!!!!!

shut the fvck up

Dedetwo:


Arrant nonsense!!!!!

Are you alright at all? How's this nonsense?

Fahdiga:
11: Institutionalized suicide in south west. Ratak comes to mind

Please don't derail the thread

Lalasticlala Mynd44

Great leader with landmark achievements unlike the one that ran away at peak of war he started turned his region to conquered territory.

BravoDe:

Please don't derail the thread

Lalasticlala Mynd44

You advised someone and at the same time called mod . It's either you advise or you call mod. Choose one

BravoDe:

Are you alright at all? How's this nonsense?

I am very alright and upright too. You are very junior you cannot possibly understand the nonsensical plank of the crap you posted.