1964 in Nigeria explained

See also: Timeline of Nigerian history. This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.

Incumbents

• President: Nnamdi Azikiwe
• Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
• Senate President: Nwafor Orizu
• House Speaker: Ibrahim Jalo Waziri
• Chief Justice: Adetokunbo Ademola

Events

• February - Mid-West Region legislative election takes place with National Council of Nigerian Citizens winning the majority of seats
• October - Nigeria participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins its first medal
• December - the Nigerian parliamentary election starts and continues into 1965
• The National Library of Nigeria whose construction started in 1962 opens
• Construction of the Kanji Dam begins
• The Nigerian Defence Academy is established

Births

• February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
• Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer

Deaths

• January 20 - Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Roman Catholic priest who worked in Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri.^[1] and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)

Notes and References

1. Entirely for God: the life of Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, p. 37, Elizabeth Isichei (Cistercian Publications, 1980)