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Abraham Ayebakepreye Amba Ambaiowei MFR JP
Ijaw Minority Rights Advocate, Medical Practitioner and Politician
Chairman, Bayelsa Forum and Bayelsa State Creation Movement (1992-1996)
Chairman of the National Board for Technical Education
In office
2001–2004
Rivers State Commissioner of Education
In office
1979–1980
GovernorMelford Obiene Okilo
Preceded byProf. Tam David-West
Rivers State Commissioner of Labour and Productivity
In office
1980–1981
GovernorMelford Obiene Okilo
Personal details
Born28 February 1940
Amassoma, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Bayelsa State, Nigeria)
Died6 March 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 83)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
SpouseLilian Izonfadei Ambaiowei
Children12
Alma materUniversity of Lagos
OccupationMedical Practitioner, Politician and Ijaw Minority Rights Advocate

Abraham Ayebakepreye Amba Ambaiowei MFR JP (28 February 1940[1][2][3] – 6 March 2023[4]) was a foremost nationalist and minorities rights/Niger Delta rights advocate. He was also an established medical practitioner[3][1] and an accomplished public servant, serving in various capacities at both the State and Federal Government levels. He was a former Commissioner for Education and later Labour, Employment and Productivity in the Old Rivers State in the administration of His Excellency, Chief Melford Obiene Okilo[1][3]. He also served as Chairman of the National Board for Technical Education[5][6] under His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

As a minority rights advocate and nation builder, he was the prime mover and frontliner on the demand for the creation of Bayelsa State and played a major pioneering role in leading the movement for the creation of Bayelsa State[3] for the Ijaws in the Central Niger Delta region of Nigeria[7][8]. He was Chairman of Bayelsa Forum from 1992 to 1997 and the Bayelsa State Creation Movement from 1993 to October 1, 1996, when the State was created[8]. Thereafter, he became the founding Chairman of the Bayelsa State Founding Fathers Forum[9][10].

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  3. ^ a b c d Admin (10 November 2016). "AMBAIOWEI, Dr.Amba". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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  8. ^ a b National Point (19 May 2023). "Dr. Amba Ambaowei Still Lives: Gov Diri". National Point.
  9. ^ Saint, Mienpamo (21 July 2015). "BAYELSA ELDERS TO PDP DEFECTORS: "YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO IJAW NATION" —- PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON GOVERNOR DICKSON". De-Saint online news blog.
  10. ^ Oyadongha, Samuel (30 December 2010). "Bayelsa group tasks Sylva on development". Vanguard.

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