Joseph Tarka

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Joseph Tarka (1932-1980) was a Nigerian politician from Benue State and a former minister for Communications under General Yakubu Gowon. He was one of the founding members of the United Middle Belt Congress, a political organization that provided a leadership platform for the middle belt's political ideas and tried to protect the power and prestige of the zone's myriad cultural groups amidst the regional government of a powerful political and cultural hegemony.

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Toyin Falola, The History of Nigeria

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