Gabriel Tamunobiebere George Toby is a

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politician of the People's Democratic Party, an economist and a former civil servant who served as Deputy Governor of Rivers State under

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Peter Odili Peter Otunuya Odili (born 15 August 1948) is a Nigerian politician who was the third elected Governor of Rivers State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Odili is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Background Peter Odili ...

from 1999 to 2007.

Early life and education

Originally from

Opobo Opobo is a community in Rivers state, South South region of Nigeria that was founded in 1870 . The people of Opobo are a mixture of the Ndoki tribe, Ndoki clan of the Igbo people and the Ibani clan of the Ijaw ethnic group. Their native languages ...

, Toby is an alumnus of the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

. He studied Economics and received a bachelor's degree in 1963.

Career

Toby worked as a civil servant in various

government ministries Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...

, rising to the rank of Director General before retiring in 1994. Other offices in which he has served include Pro-Chancellor, and Chairman Governing Council, University of Benin, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council,

University of Port Harcourt The University of Port Harcourt is a public research university located in Aluu and Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. It was established in 1975 as University College, Port Harcourt and was given university status in 1977. The Univ ...

and Chairman of Council,

Rivers State Polytechnic Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic (formerly Rivers State Polytechnic) is a tertiary learning institution in Bori City, Khana Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. It has two campuses, one for the School of Management Sciences and the ...

, Bori. In 1999, Toby was chosen as the People's Democratic Party nominee for deputy governor. He was elected eventually and served under

. In 2006, he became the first Nigerian to earn the National Merit Award of Accomplished and most Outstanding Deputy Governor in the country.

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Early life and education

Career

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