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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh

Finance Minister of Nigeria, Nigerian 1912-1966
Festus Okotie-Eboh (July 18, 1912 – January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian politician and Minister of Finance during the administration of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Okotie-Eboh was born to an Itsekiri Chief, Prince Okotie Eboh in Warri Division, a town along the Benin River in Niger Delta. He was a National Treasurer of the Nigerian First Republic party, NCNC, he was also a leader of the Federal Parliamentary Party of NCNC