Preceded by Humphrey Nwosu Name Okon Uya | Succeeded by Sumner Dagogo-Jack | |
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Professor Okon Edet Uya was briefly chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON), appointed by President Ibrahim Babangida after the presidential elections of 12 June 1993 had been annulled and his predecessor Humphrey Nwosu dismissed.
Uya was of Oron origins. He was Nigeria's Ambassador to Argentina, Peru, Paraguay and Chile for six years. A professor of history at the University of Calabar, Uya was appointed to conduct a new presidential poll after the annulment of the 12 June 1993 election. The National Republican Convention and Social Democratic Party were asked to present new candidates for the new presidential poll with a target of new elections by March 1994. But in the confusion that followed the annulment crisis Uya was not able to conduct the election before he was removed when General Sani Abacha assumed power. He later became Deputy Vice Chancellor and acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar.The last undergraduate students he taught the Atlantic Slave Trade Course before death whisked him away ( A Comprehensive Paper in the Department of History and International Studies, University of Calabar, for 400 level students) were, Olukosi Ibitoye Babatunde, Akunraiya Terfa Mattias, Inemesit Udoh and Ekumbe Emmanuel.