Temi Ejoor

Temi Ejoor
Military Administrator of Enugu State
In office
9 December 1993  14 September 1994
Preceded by Okwesilieze Nwodo
Succeeded by Mike Torey
Military Administrator of Abia State
In office
14 September 1994  22 August 1996
Preceded by Chinyere Ike Nwosu
Succeeded by Moses Fasanya

Navy Captain (later Commander) Temi Ejoor was a Nigerian Military Administrator of Enugu State (December 1993 - September 1994) and then of Abia State (September 1994 - August 1996) during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]

Temi Ejoor was born in Ughelli in Delta State.[2] He is an alumnus of Hussey College Warri.[3]

As Abia State governor he earned the nickname "Wey my own?" among the locals because he reportedly asked this question about any government project, asking how big his cut would be.[4] He dismissed about three thousand staff of Nsukka origin who had been appointed during the Nwodo administration.[5] The concept of Obuaku City was conceived during his rule, as a new city to provide homes for people working in the nearby big cities of Aba and Port Harcourt, but little progress was made.[6]

References

  1. "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. "REALIZING THE ABIA OF OUR DREAM". Abia Executive Informant. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. Emmanuel Efeni (11 December 2007). "Hussey College at 60 - Yesterday's Glory, Today's Rot". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  4. Daniel Jordan Smith (2007). A culture of corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. Princeton University Press. p. 135. ISBN 0-691-12722-0.
  5. Enugu State Awareness Association (1997). Enugu State at 6: a requiem mass for dichotomy. Enugu State Awareness Association. p. 32. ISBN 978-33664-3-2.
  6. Emmanuel Ugwu (05.06.2008). "Abia to Build Modern Border City". ThisDay. Retrieved 2010-01-04. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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