Joseph Wayas was Nigeria's Senate President during the Second Nigerian Republic.
12 Facts About Joseph Wayas
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Joseph Wayas went to the United Kingdom where he studied at the Higher Tottenham Technical College, London, the West Bronwich College of Commerce, Science and Technology, Birmingham and Aston University, Birmingham.
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Joseph Wayas was a member of the Society of International Affairs at the Lincoln University, United States.
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When General Olusegun Obasanjo terminated military rule in 1979, Joseph Wayas was elected to the Senate on the National Party of Nigeria platform and appointed Senate President.
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Joseph Wayas represented the northern senatorial district alongside senator Joseph Oqua Ansa who represented calabar senatorial district.
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Joseph Wayas had an excellent relationship with president Shehu Shagari, ensuring that bills were generally discussed and agreed before being introduced.
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Joseph Wayas left office along with other members of the Shagari administration when General Muhammadu Buhari staged a coup on New Year's Eve 1983, and went into exile.
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In 1998 Joseph Wayas was a founding member of the All People's Party.
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Joseph Wayas later joined the Peoples Democratic Party in 2001 at the urging of Cross River governor Donald Duke.
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Joseph Wayas was a strong believer in true Federalism as the only solution to Nigeria's democratic problems, which had been manifested in the Nigerian Civil War.
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Joseph Wayas was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the South-South Peoples Assembly.
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In January 2010, Joseph Wayas advocated that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan be authorized to act as President pending the return of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who had been incapacitated by illness for some time.