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Dr
ARIKPO
Okoi
anthropologist, barrister-at-law, former Federal Com missioner for External Affairs, Born: 20 September, 1916; Educa tion: Church of Scotland Mission Ugep; Hope Waddell Training Insti tute Calabar, Government College Umuahia; Higher College Yaba, Uni versity College, London —obtained B.A., B.Sc. (Hons. Lond) degrees; called to the Bar, Grays Inn London, 1956; was assistant master, Govern ment College Umuahia, 1937-38; assistant lecturer Chemistry, Higher College Yaba, 1939-42; Science Master, King's College Lagos, 1943; Science Master Government College, Ibadan, 1944-45; research assistant and lecturer in anthropology, University College, London, 1949-51; Member Eastern House of Assembly 1951-53, and House of Representa tives 1953-54; served as Central Minister of Lands, Survey and Local Development, 1952-53, Minister of Mines and Power, 1953, private law practice 1954-67, was Secretary National Universities Commission Lagos 1964-67, appointed Federal Commissioner for Trade, June 1967 — September 1968 under Gowon's government and Commissioner for External Affairs September 1968July 1975.
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Anthropologist , Legal Practitioner , Politician
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