333:. Writing in 1992 on the question of oil revenue sharing, Okilo referred to traditional morality, saying that "when an individual kills or finds a big fish or animal, the villagers or community expresses their appreciation ... by first giving him or her the best part of the animal or fish before the rest of the meat or fish is shared." He served as Minister of Commerce and Tourism during the General
305:, a major gas turbine power station. He created fifty development units for the much neglected rural areas, introducing a policy where local people were given the responsibility and power to govern and develop their local communities. He undertook programs to reclaim land, control erosion, construct roads and canals, and build rural housing scheme and industrial estates.
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University Of Science And Philosophy, and became a director of the board of Vision In Action, an institute formed in 2003 to share and communicate experience on issues of leadership, creativity, visionary and strategic thinking. In 2005, he read his own obituary after a
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took power in a military coup in
December 1983. Soon after taking power, Buhari established military tribunals to try public officers from the Shagari era who had been accused of embezzling public funds. In July 1986, he was acquitted of his accusations and regained his freedom following a judicial
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Okilo was dropped from the government in July 1995 as the military consolidated their power. Returning to the United States, he became president of the
University of Science and Philosophy, which had earlier published his philosophical writings including his 1991 book
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January 1999, shortly before the return to democracy and while running for office, Okilo was briefly detained by the outgoing military government following disturbances among the Ijaw in the Niger Delta. Okilo was elected Senator for Bayelsa East on the
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origin. He qualified as a lawyer, but entered politics at the age of 23. Okilo was a member of
Parliament between 1956 and 1959. In December 1959, he was re-elected to represent the Brass constituency on the
370:(PDP) platform, serving from May 1999 to May 2003, but failed to be re-elected in 2003. As senator, he served as vice-chairman of the committee on Natural Gas and chairman of the committee on Identify Card.
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mistaken story that he had died. Later he addressed a press conference, saying he was in a coma for four days and was mistaken for dead. Speaking in July 2006, in
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After a prolonged illness, Okilo was moved back to
Bayelsa from his Abuja residence by his Administrator, Hauwa Ogbeide-Ihama. Okilo died at the age of 74 in
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activities in the area. Although the committee's report was sympathetic to the plight of minorities in the oil-producing areas, little was done.
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from the start of independence in 1960 until shortly before his death in 2008. He was a member of parliament (1956–1964) and a
Minister in the
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Nigeria under economic adjustment: the case of the oil minorities movement of the Niger Delta
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In June 1989, Okilo was a speaker at a conference on World
Balance: Action to Save our Planet held in
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203:(30 November 1933 – 5 July 2008) had a long and distinguished career as a politician in
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in 1983. He was re-elected on the NPN platform in 1983, losing office when General
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regime. In January 1994, he was a member of a ministerial committee that toured
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Military Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (1976 – 1979)
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Augustine A. Ikein; Diepreye S. P. Alamieyeseigha; Steve S. Azaiki (2008).
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Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 5th National Assembly (2003 -2007)
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Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 4th National Assembly (1999-2003)
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853:"Can God-of-Light be Copyrighted as Someone's Exclusive Preserve?"
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Senator Ibiapuye Soala Martyns-Yellowe (April 27 – May 3, 2009).
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Oil, democracy, and the promise of true federalism in Nigeria
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While visiting New York in 1965, he came across a book about
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to take their case over sharing oil and gas revenue to the
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Okilo was born on 30 November 1933 at Emakalakala, Ogbia,
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Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria)
626:"FOR THE RECORDS :CHIEF MELFORD OBIENE OKILO: A Tribute"
297:. He opened the Independent Power Plant at Imiringi in
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review of the tribunals and later freed by Babangida.
289:. He was Chairman of the Rivers State branch of the
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Samuel Oyadongha & Emmanuel Aziken (July 2008).
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880:"NIGER DELTA UNREST - APPROACHES TO OIL COMPANIES"
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2948:Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
901:"CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF SENATE COMMITTEES"
295:Rivers State University of Science and Technology
972:"Jonathan Goodluck: In Tribute to Melford Okilo"
2958:Commanders of the Order of the Federal Republic
860:Contact, Volume 16, Number 1, February 11, 1997
447:Art of government and the Okilo administration
264:The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe
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222:. Later he was Senator for Bayelsa East, in
598:. University Press of America. p. 73.
409:Nigeria: the search for political stability
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430:. University of Science and Philosophy.
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269:During the military regime of General
62:October 1979 – December 1983
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882:. Amnesty International. 24 Jun 1999
777:. Indiana University Press. p.
927:. Vision In Action. Archived from
251:platform. The Prime Minister, Sir
136:December 1993 – July 1994
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2963:20th-century Nigerian politicians
382:, Okilo called on leaders of the
218:, Nigeria (1979–1983) during the
2953:Niger Delta Congress politicians
397:, Bayelsa State on 5 July 2008.
125:Minister of Commerce and Tourism
952:. The Twilight Club. April 2003
27:Nigerian politician (1933–2008)
726:"Vegetarian Times". May 1989.
701:. 26 July 1986. Archived from
671:"The Babangida Years - Part 4"
669:MAX SIOLLUN (August 4, 2008).
388:International Court of Justice
301:local government area, now in
1:
567:"Melford Okilo (1933 - 2008)"
925:"Senator Melford Okilo, J.D"
645:"You Are the History Makers"
630:National Network Vol 6 NO 15
507:"Melford Okilo, 74, is Dead"
449:. Riverside Communications.
411:. Riverside Communications.
152:May 1999 – May 2003
2175:Ibrahim Muhammed Kirikasama
531:"REMEMBERING MELFORD OKILO"
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2860:Khairat Abdulrazaq-Gwadabe
1693:John James Akpan Udo-Edehe
769:Eghosa E. Osaghae (1998).
341:following disturbances by
312:awarded him the honour of
2973:People from Bayelsa State
2938:Governors of Rivers State
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1883:John James Akpanudo-Edehe
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1023:Governors of Rivers State
368:People's Democratic Party
291:National Party of Nigeria
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2690:Ibiapuye Martyns-Yellowe
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1342:Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa
1176:Nigerian Second Republic
802:J. Timothy Hunt (2006).
692:"Some Sentences Reduced"
287:Nigerian Second Republic
228:Nigerian Fourth Republic
220:Nigerian Second Republic
216:Governor of Rivers State
141:Senator for Bayelsa East
50:Governor of Rivers State
1476:Victor Omololu Olunloyo
1458:Michael Adekunle Ajasin
1232:Ambrose Folorunsho Alli
1174:State governors in the
226:(1999–2003) during the
209:Nigerian First Republic
747:Cite journal requires
445:Melford Okilo (1992).
426:Melford Okilo (1991).
407:Melford Okilo (1989).
253:Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
2772:Dalhatu Umaru Sangari
2249:Ibrahim Kura Mohammed
2025:Joseph Olatunji Ajayi
827:Cyril I. Obi (2001).
804:The politics of bones
190:5 July 2008 (aged 74)
2290:Mohammed Tukur Liman
1964:Vincent Obasi Usulor
249:Niger Delta Congress
201:Melford Obiene Okilo
101:Member of Parliament
36:Melford Obiene Okilo
18:Melford Obiene Okilo
2758:Abdulahi Bala Adamu
2168:Maitama Bello Yusuf
345:protesters against
2765:Abdulazeez Ibrahim
2344:Ahmed Tijani Ahmed
2068:(ANPP) (Nullified)
1998:Oserheimen Osunbor
1930:Fred Aghogho Brume
1890:Matthew Mbu Junior
1659:Jonathan Zwingina
1103:Fidelis Oyakhilome
1088:Alfred Diete-Spiff
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605:978-0-7618-3928-6
283:Olusegun Obasanjo
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169:30 November 1933
161:Personal details
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355:The Law Of Life
331:Aspen, Colorado
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