Virginia Etiaba

Virginia Etiaba
Governor of Anambra State
In office
2 November 2006 – 9 February 2007
Preceded byPeter Obi
Succeeded byPeter Obi
Personal details
Born
Virginia Ngozi Etiaba

(1942-11-11) 11 November 1942 (age 82)
Nnewi, Anambra

Dame Virginia Ngozi Etiaba CON (born 11 November 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Anambra State, a state in South-Eastern Nigeria, from November 2006 to February 2007. Etiaba is the first woman to serve as governor of a Nigerian state.[1]

She was instated as the previous governor, Peter Obi, was impeached by the state legislature for alleged gross misconduct. She transferred her powers back to Obi three months later when an appeal court nullified the impeachment.

Biography

Etiaba is a native of Nnewi in Anambra state. She was raised by her uncle Chief Pius Ejimbe from secondary school in Kano. Later, she attended a teachers' training programme in Gombe State.[2] She married the Late Benneth Etiaba of Umudim Nnewi.[1][clarification needed]

For 35 years she worked as a teacher and headed several schools in Kafanchan, Aba, Port Harcourt, and Nnewi. She retired from the services of the Anambra State Government in 1991 and founded the Benneth Etiaba Memorial Schools, Nnewi, of which she was the proprietress. In March 2006 she resigned to assume the position of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Etiaba married the late Bennet Etiaba of Umudim Nnewi in 1962.[1]

The two lived together for 24 years until his death. She has six children. Etiaba is also a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with colon cancer in Nigeria. The cancer was confirmed at King's College London Hospital, Denmark Hill, South East London in 1998.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Udodiong, Inemesit (2019-03-12). "Meet Virginia Etiaba, the first female governor in Nigeria who lasted only three months in office". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. ^ "Shankland, Sir Thomas (Murray), (25 Aug. 1905–13 Oct. 1986), JP; Deputy-Governor, Western Region, Nigeria, 1954–57; retired; Chairman, London Board of Public Service Commission, Western Region, Nigeria, 1957–61", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u169008, retrieved 2022-08-25
  3. ^ Azikiwe, Ifeoha (2013). Nigeria: Echoes of a Century: Volume Two 1999-2014. p. 159. ISBN 9781481729291. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Virgy Etiaba @ 80 : Soludo Lauds Her Contributions To Anambra State". Heartbeat Of The East. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  5. ^ "The woman who could be Nigeria's first elected female governor". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ Online, Tribune (2020-11-11). "Buhari greets Nigeria's first female governor, Virgy Etiaba, at 78". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

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