John Ebiye Explained

Eyepeiyah John Ebiye
Honorific Prefix:Group Captain
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Office1:Governor of Akwa Ibom State
Term Start1:9 August 1998
Term End1:29 May 1999
Predecessor1:Joseph Adeusi
Successor1:Obong Victor Attah
Birth Place:Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Rank: Group Captain

Eyepeiyah John Ebiye was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, handing over to the elected civilian Governor Victor Attah at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic.[1]

As governor, facing shortage of funds and demands to pay minimum wages to all state employees, Ebiye dropped funding for the state-owned newspaper The Pioneer.[2] In an open meeting in September 1998 he was told that police were extorting money from commercial motorcyclists, and taking them to the police station until they paid up. Ebiye told them to contact him directly through a special complaints phone.[3] After handing over to civilian rule, he was required to retire, as were all previous military administrators, in June 1999.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nigerian States . WorldStatesmen . 2010-05-09.
  2. Web site: 1999 Annual Report on the State of the Media in Nigeria . Media Rights Agenda . 2010-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723204943/http://www.mediarightsagenda.net/other%20publications/Annuall%20Report%20for%201999.pdf . 2011-07-23.
  3. Web site: NIGERIA: QUESTIONS CHOISIES EN MATIÈRE DE CORRUPTION . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100208213613/http://www2.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/ndp/index_e.htm? . dead . 2010-02-08 . January 1999 . Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada . 2010-05-09.
  4. Web site: OBASANJO HIRES & FIRES . https://archive.today/20121205021031/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlukoArchives/message/25 . dead . December 5, 2012 . NDM DEMOCRACY WATCH . July 1, 1999 . 2010-05-09.