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Encyclopedia > Chris Ngige

Chris Ngige is a medical doctor turned politician. Described as the true face of democracy in Nigeria today. Elected in 2003 as the Governor of Anambra state under very controversial circumstances. He however quickly broke ranks with his self styled God father after an unsuccessful civilian coup d'état on July 10th, 2003 to illegally remove him from office. See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... Anambra is a state in east-central Nigeria. ... A godparent, in Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... A coup détat (pronounced kÅ« dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...


He became a local hero by siding with the people to provide infrastructure in a state with virtually none and paying of wages to civil servants. He has been unable to maintain a warm relationship with the President Olusegun Obasanjo in the same political party (PDP) mainly because he accused the president of coming to power under the same flawed election as himself. He is however very popular amongst his people who consider him as a Robin Hood of sorts. A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public_sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... Obasanjo met with U.S. President Bush in France on June 1, 2003. ... PDP is also used as an acronym for Plasma Display Panel. ... Robin Hood is the archetypical English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor (some would say from the tax collector to refund the taxpayer). ...


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Chris Ngige: The hero of the Fourth Republic (963 words)
Chris Ngige was reported to have another shock of his life when his convoy was involved in a ghastly motor accident along Adazi Ani-Nnobi-Nnewi road; the Governor escaped narrowly.
Ngige was a sinner of a sort but later became a saint of a kind in a country whose tradition is rooted in the maintenance of old and archaic status quo.
Chris Ngige may not have built bridges, constructed major roads, provided many other social amenities, but he had secured the basis of democracy and had through a point of departure ignited the essential ethics and ethos of democratic succour.
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