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Did You Know That Michael Okpara Was Nigeria’s Youngest Premier?
April 19, 2022
Michael Iheonukara Okpara, born 25 December 1920, was a Nigerian politician and Premier of Eastern Nigeria from 1959 to 1966. At 39, he was the nation’s youngest Premier. Read more about Do you know? He was a strong advocate of what he called “pragmatic socialism” and believed that agricultural reform was crucial to the … Continue reading Did You Know That Michael Okpara Was Nigeria’s Youngest Premier?
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