Tag: Okilo Melford
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Okilo Melford; First democratically elected governor of old Rivers State. Okilo Melford was born November 30 1933 in Emakalakala now part of Ogbia Local Council of Bayelsa State. During his tenure, Okilo established the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST. Okilo Melford attended Teachers Training College, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Christian College, Florida, United…