Francis Akanu

Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam (29 November 1906 – 1 July 1995) was a Nigerian medical doctor, Presbyterian missionary, statesman, and the first Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria after independence. During the Nigerian Civil War, he resigned his British knighthood in protest against Britain's support for the Federal Military Government. Quotes "For many years, indeed throughout my mature life, I had been a proud but disinterested admirer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and her peoples." Francis Akanu Ibiam (1906–1995): A leader who had a mission beyond ecclesia "The history of Your Majesty's country is replete with heroism, discoveries which were near miracles, and institutions of higher learning of the most outstanding character and achievement." Francis Akanu Ibiam (1906–1995): A leader who had a mission beyond ecclesia "Britain, though insular and small in size and capacity, had centuries ago proved conclusively to the world that for any community and nation to reach the acme of greatness and respectability, it is not quantity that counts but quality and the type of people who make up the nation." Francis Akanu Ibiam (1906–1995): A leader who had a mission beyond ecclesia