death_date successor party profession office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
1980s nnamdi azikiwe n.c.n.c educationist politician leader of government business , eastern region of nigeria 1904 minister for natural resources 1951 eyo ita
 1953 eyo ita
eyo ita

eyo ita -lrb- 1904 -- 1980s -rrb- was a nigerian politician from cross river state who was the leader of the eastern government of nigerian in 1951 .
he was one of the earliest nigerian students who studied in the united states instead of the frequent route of studying in united kingdom .
he was a deputy national president of the national council of nigeria and the cameroons -lrb- ncnc -rrb- in the late 1940s and early 1950s .
