Ikpe Umoh Imeh, or Obong (Chief) Ikpe Umoh Imeh, (born April 22, 1906, September 29, 2004) was a Member of Parliament

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 from Akwa Ibom State and Deputy Speaker of Parliament for the Eastern Region, Nigeria

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 during the Nigerian First Republic

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. Umoh was born in Onuk Ukpom in Abak Local Government Area

Abak

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. His father was the late Chief Umoh Imeh Akpakpan Eso Akpan, a farmer of Ntobong Royal Family. His mother, Nwaeka Umoabasi, was from Ikono

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 in Abak.

Education

Imeh attended Abak

Abak

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 Government School from 1923 – 1929. From there he attended the Uyo Teachers Training College (now University of Uyo

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) where he obtained his teaching certification

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 in 1934. He studied agricultural science

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 in Umuahia

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.

Career

In his early years Imeh worked as a teacher and as a civil servant until he entered politics in 1951. Imeh first won an election into the Eastern House of Assembly, Enugu State

Enugu State

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 with the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons

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 party.

• January 1952 -- Federal House of Representatives, Lagos
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• 1953 -- reelection to the Eastern House of Assembly
• 1954 -- Acting Minister of Local Government
• 1955 -- First Minister of Trade Eastern Region, Nigeria
  Eastern Region, Nigeria
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• 1956 -- 1957 -- Minister of Welfare
• 1960 -- Deputy Speaker, Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly
• 1960 – 1961 -- Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

Imeh's career in politics ended with the military overthrow

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 of the Nigerian First Republic

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 civilian government by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu

Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu

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 in January 1966. During and after the Nigerian Civil War

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, Imeh returned to teaching. In 1981, under the Nigerian Second Republic

Nigerian Second Republic

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, President Shehu Shagari

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 awarded Imeh a National Honour of the Cadre of Officer of the Order of the Niger.