The Nation Newspaper Chukwuemeka Ezeife: 1930-2023
He had the image of an Eastern Magi! His flowing white beard sought to stand him out from the class of 92/93 governors who found themselves as helmsmen in their states during Ibrahim Babaginda’s forward and backward democratic experiment. Chukwuemeka Ezeife has just seen off the mercurial Nnamdi Eriobuna of the National Republican Convention in the 1992 elections becoming the only SDP Governor in the SouthEast Region.
Returning to Nigeria, immediately after the civil war, Ezeife was again absorbed into the Ministry of Economic Development where he sparred with fellow economists such as Professor Sam Aluko, Chu Okongwu , Olu Falae, Pius Okigbo and Ayo Oyelu on a range of economic problems troubling the nation then.
He remarkably recorded a number of achievements in his less than 15 months in a state that had just been newly created and was basically lacking in a number of amenities . He attempted to tackle Anambra’s infrastructural dearth, health care challenges and industrial growth using such models while he also championed the “Think Home” initiative, a forerunner to the massive investments the state boasts of today.
Ezeife was to later team up with these same progressives to form the Alliance for Democracy, AD in the 4th Republic, becoming a presidential candidate on its platform, he however narrowly lost to his bosom friend Olu Falae but blamed the loss on the actions of the likes of Chief Polycarp Nwite. He also remained an avid advocate for the the rights and welfare of the Nigerian people, particularly those he deemed as oppressed by the Nigerian state. Little wonder his support for former President Goodluck Jonathan and his opposition to the Buhari administration.
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