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The news of Tony Momoh‘s passing spread through nooks and crannies of the country like wide fire yesterday. Since the news broke, tributes have been pouring in for the charismatic Edo Prince.
However, being the silent achiever that he his, not many Nigerians know much about his humble beginning and exploits in the journalism field before becoming a minister and later partisan politician.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG captures some of this rare information has revealed by Momoh himself in interviews before his passing.
1. Tony Momoh was born on 27 April 1939. He breathed his last on Monday, 1st February 2021.
2. Tony Momoh’s father, King Momoh I of Auchi, Edo State had 257 children with 48 wives between 1903 and 1944. Tony was the 165th child.
3. Tony Momoh whose name was initially Suleiman in 2016 revealed that he took his name Tony from Tony Enahoro of the old Western Region and Tony Oseni, who was the first Auchi man to become a graduate after dumping Islam for Christianity.
4. He was educated at Government School Auchi, the school his father had established at Auchi in 1922.
5. He also attended Teacher Training College, Abraka, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the University of Lagos, and the Nigerian Law School.
6. Tony was a journalist and later became a Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
7. He was awarded many honours, including fellowships of the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, and the Advertising Council of Nigeria.
8. He was one of the founding members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 before pitching his tent with then presidential hopeful, Muhammadu Buhari to form the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).