Mbazulike Amaechi Explained

Chief Mbazulike Amaechi (16 June 1929 – 1 November 2022) also known as The Boy Is Good was a Nigerian elder statesman.[1] [2]

He served as the first Minister of Aviation during the First Republic in Nigeria.[3] He was a leading figure of the Zikist Movement.[4] [5] After the ban of the movement, he became the Secretary General of NCNC Youth, a youth wing of NCNC.[6]

Amaechi was born and died in his hometown of Ukpor, on 1 November 2022, at the age of 93.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Respect my age, stop wanton killings, 92-year-old Amaechi urges Igbo youths. 2 December 2021. Vanguard. 1 April 2022.
  2. Web site: Buhari felicitates with Mbazulike Amaechi at 90. News Agency of Nigeria. 16 June 2019. The Guardian. 1 April 2022.
  3. Gains Made By Nationalists Have Been Liquidated — Amaechi, Nigeria's First Republic Minister. Mbazulike. Amaechi. Kunle Oderemi. 29 September 2020. Nigerian Tribune. 1 April 2022.
  4. Book: Onukwuba, Henry O.. Zik: Testimonies to a Great African. 2006. Indiana University Press. 9789783381889. 25.
  5. Web site: Mbazulike Amaechi, aka The Boy is Good, a trade unionist who became a nationalist. 14 January 2020. Chioma. Anyagafu. Vanguard. 1 April 2022.
  6. Book: Edebiri, David U.. Benin Historical Essays. 2003. University of Michigan. 67.
  7. Web site: First republic aviation minister, Mbazulike Amaechi is dead. 1 November 2022. Joe. Chukindi. Daily Post.

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