Ernest Attah
Ernest Kizito Attah | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Cross River State | |
| In office December 1989 – January 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Eben Ibim Princewill |
| Succeeded by | Clement Ebri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 25, 1952 |
Ernest Kizito Attah (b. 1952,[1] ⓘ) was Military Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, between December 1989 and January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[2] When he assumed office he found so many problems with the state finances that he dissolved the entire state cabinet and set up two panels of inquiry headed by high court judges Emmanuel Effanga and Dorothy Nsa Eyamba-Idem to probe the administration of his predecessor Eben Ibim Princewill.[3]
Background
Attah is a member of the Idoma ethnic community of Benue State, one of several Idoma sons who served as military administrators of Nigerian states during various military regimes.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Who's who in Nigeria. Newswatch. 1990. p. 308. ISBN 978-978-2704-12-2. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Nigerian States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ↑ Bamidele A. Ojo (1998). Nigeria's Third Republic: the problems and prospects of political transition to civil rule. Nova Publishers. p. 155ff. ISBN 1-56072-580-X.
- ↑ "Revealed Meet Idoma sons who were governors in other Nigerian states". Idoma Voice. Retrieved 2026-06-30.