J. O. J. Okezie

Josiah Onyebuchi Johnson Okezie (1923 — 2002) was a Nigerian doctor and politician who was Minister of Health and later Agriculture in the administration of Yakubu Gowon.[1]

In the first republic, Okezie led the Republican Party, a marginal party into an alliance with NPC and NNDP led by Akintola.[2] In the 1970s, his efforts as Health Minister help transform the agricultural research station at Umudike into a federal research institute.[3]

Okezie was a member of the Constituent Assembly and later joined NPN during the second republic. His name came up among those considered as vice presidential candidate to party nominee, Shehu Shagari.[4]

He was a graduate of Government College, Umuahia. He formed Ibeku Central Hospital, Umuahia, which was open but badly affected during the Biafran War.[5]

References
  1. "Dr. J. O. J. Okezie is Dead". www.nigeriamasterweb.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  2. S., Oduguwa, Adedara (2012). Chief Obafemi Awolowo : the political Moses. Bristol: Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1466929470. OCLC 949791364.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Ilozue, Chukwujekue (October 3, 2015). "Our Research Institutes Are Lazy - Prof. Okigbo [interview]". Daily Independent (Lagos).
  4. "Alex Ekwueme (1932 - 2017)". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  5. Agbese, Dan (2012-06-30). Ibrahim Babangida. Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 9781912234349.
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