| 词条 | Anthony Ukpo |
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|name = Stephen Anthony Ukpo |image = |order1 = {{flagicon|Nigeria}} |office1 = Military Governor of Rivers State |term_start1 = 26 August 1986 |term_end1 = July 1988 |predecessor1 = Fidelis Oyakhilome |successor1 = Ernest Olawunmi Adelaye |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|7|16|df=y}} |birth_place = Okpoma, Yala LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria |death_date = |party = }} Stephen Anthony Ukpo (born 16 July 1947) was Minister of Information and Culture, and then Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from August 1986 until July 1988 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. Military careerUkpo was born in Okpoma, Yala, Cross River State on 16 July 1947. Joining the army, he was appointed Company Commander (1968), Battalion Commander (1969 and 1971 – 1973), Brigade Major (1970) and Instructor, Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna (1973–1974).[1] He was a member of the inner circle of army officers who arranged the bloodless coup on 27 August 1985 when General Muhammadu Buhari was replaced by General Ibrahim Babangida. After the coup he was appointed a member of the AFRC.[2] He was appointed deputy director, Defence Intelligence Agency (1985).[1] On 12 September 1985 he was sworn in as Minister of Information and Culture.[2] He was appointed military governor of Rivers State on 26 August 1986.[3] In this post, he inaugurated the provisional council of the Rivers State Polytechnic.[4] He reassigned to become principal staff officer to President Ibrahim Babangida in July 1988.[1] In this role in April 1990 Ukpo told reporters that 10 officers and more than 150 soldiers from the lower ranks had been arrested in an attempted coup attempt against Babangida.[5] He was retired as a Brigadier.[6] Later careerHis wife, Sally Ufuoma Ukpo, was a teacher and in 2006 was running a travel and tours company.[7] After retirement, he became a member of the board of directors of Skye Bank.[8] When Cross River state Governor Donald Duke put up the Metropolitan Hotel for sale, Ukpo was said to have made the highest bid of N600 Million. His offer was turned down, and the hotel later sold for N200 Million.[9] In September 2008 he presented the results of a feasibility study for a mono-rail system of transportation in Port Harcourt. Ukpo was the leader of a partnership to construct the railway.[10] In October 2009 the Rivers State government signed an agreement with TSI Property and Investment Holdings to undertake the project at a cost of $318 million. Ukpo said that the mono-rail would be the first of its kind in Africa.[11] In an interview in July 2009, Ukpo protested strongly against the recent transfer of 76 oil wells from Cross River State to Akwa Ibom State, and expressed hope that a committee set up by President Umaru Yar'Adua would find a politically reasonable solution.[12] He has been a vocal voice in politics right from the grass root to the federal level. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.newswatchngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1090&Itemid=34 |title=In the News: Stephen Anthony Ukpo |author=Kazeem Akintunde and Belinda Mbonu |date=12 July 2009 |work=Newswatch |accessdate=4 March 2010}} {{RiversStateGovernors}}{{Nigeria Babangida Governors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ukpo, Stephen Anthony}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ngex.com/news/public/article.php?ArticleID=1022 |title=The Babangida Years – Part 4 |author=MAX SIOLLUN |date=4 August 2008 |work=NigeriaExchange |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA349989&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |title=Governor Appointments, Resignations Announced |work=New Nigerian |date=27 Aug 1986 |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://rivpoly.net/river_state_polytechnic_005.htm |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130703085729/http://rivpoly.net/river_state_polytechnic_005.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=3 July 2013 |title=About Us |publisher=Rivers State Polytechnic |accessdate=28 March 2010 }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/24/world/nigeria-reports-4-are-dead-and-160-held-in-failed-coup.html?pagewanted=1 |title=Nigeria Reports 4 Are Dead And 160 Held in Failed Coup |work=New York Times |date=24 April 1990 |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui17.htm |title=The Palace Coup of August 27, 1985 (PART 3) |author=Nowa Omoigui |work=Dawodu |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/womenbusiness/2006/oct/02/womeninbusiness-2-10-2006-001.htm |title=My dream is to become big destination seller |author=PRECIOUS NJOKU |date=2 October 2006 |work=Daily Sun |accessdate=4 March 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100331054543/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/womenbusiness/2006/oct/02/womeninbusiness-2-10-2006-001.htm| archivedate= 31 March 2010 | deadurl= no}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://ww3.skyebankng.com/about/board-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Skye Bank |accessdate=4 March 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221224228/http://ww3.skyebankng.com/about/board-directors |archivedate=21 February 2010 }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pointblanknews.com/os522.html |title=HOW DONALD DUKE MISAPROPRIATED N16 BILLION |work=Point Blank News |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200809290155.html |title=Rivers to Construct Mono-Rail |work=Daily Trust |date=28 September 2008 |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200910150596.html |title=Rivers Signs Agreement on Rail |work=Daily Trust |author=Muhammad Bello |date=15 October 2009 |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200907161042.html |title=IBB Has Solution to Oil Wells Controversy – Ukpo |work=ThisDay |date=15 July 2009 |author=Ernest Chinwo |accessdate=4 March 2010}} 3 : Living people|1947 births|Nigerian military governors of Rivers State |
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