Temi Ejoor

Navy Captain (later Commander) Temi Ejoor was a Nigerian Military Administrator of Enugu State (December 1993 – September 1994) and then of Abia State (September 1994 – August 1996) during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1]

Temi Ejoor
Military Administrator of Enugu State
In office
9 December 1993 – 14 September 1994
Preceded byOkwesilieze Nwodo
Succeeded byMike Torey
Military Administrator of Abia State
In office
14 September 1994 – 22 August 1996
Preceded byChinyere Ike Nwosu
Succeeded byMoses Fasanya

Temi Ejoor was born in Ughelli in Delta State.[2] He is an alumnus of Hussey College Warri.[3]

As Abia State governor he earned the nickname "Wey my own?" among the locals because he reportedly asked this question about any government project, asking how big his cut would be.[4] He dismissed about three thousand staff of Nsukka origin who had been appointed during the Nwodo administration.[5] The concept of Obuaku City was conceived during his rule, as a new city to provide homes for people working in the nearby big cities of Aba and Port Harcourt, but little progress was made.[6]

References
  1. "Nigeria States". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  2. "REALIZING THE ABIA OF OUR DREAM". Abia Executive Informant. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. Emmanuel Efeni (11 December 2007). "Hussey College at 60 - Yesterday's Glory, Today's Rot". ThisDay. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  4. Daniel Jordan Smith (2007). A culture of corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. Princeton University Press. p. 135. ISBN 0-691-12722-0.
  5. Enugu State Awareness Association (1997). Enugu State at 6: a requiem mass for dichotomy. Enugu State Awareness Association. p. 32. ISBN 978-33664-3-2.
  6. Emmanuel Ugwu (6 May 2008). "Abia to Build Modern Border City". ThisDay. Retrieved 4 January 2010.


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