1. Samuel Akisanya was a Nigerian trade unionist and nationalist based in Lagos, Nigeria during the colonial era, one of the founders of the Nigerian Youth Movement.
18 Facts About Samuel Akisanya
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Samuel Akisanya was the Oba of Isara, an office which he held from 1941 until his death.
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Samuel Akisanya is today widely regarded as the greatest king in the history of the city.
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Samuel Akisanya was a cousin of Samuel Ayodele Soyinka, father of nobel laureate Wole Soyinka.
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Samuel Akisanya attended the Anglican School in Ishara, then obtained work as a shorthand typist and writer from 1916 to 1931.
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Samuel Akisanya was one of the founders of the Lagos Youth Movement in 1934, which was later renamed the Nigerian Youth Movement in 1936.
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Samuel Akisanya was appointed general secretary and later became vice-president of the movement.
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In 1938, Samuel Akisanya was one of the seven subscribers to the Service Press Limited, which acquired the assets and liabilities of the Daily Service newspaper.
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Samuel Akisanya sought to be the NYM candidate for the vacant seat, competing against the distinguished journalist Ernest Ikoli, an Ijo.
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Samuel Akisanya was vice-president of the party while Ikoli had recently been elected president to replace Abayomi.
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At a general meeting of the NYM, Samuel Akisanya received 108 votes, Ikoli received 60 and Akinola Maja received 37.
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Samuel Akisanya, supported by Nnamdi Azikiwe, claimed that he had been rejected only because the dominant Lagos Yorubas would not accept nomination of an Ijebu Yoruba.
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Samuel Akisanya resigned from the NYM and ran as an independent, but lost to Ikoli.
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Samuel Akisanya became a Yoruba chief when he was enthroned as the Odemo of Isara.
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Samuel Akisanya held this position from 1941 until his death in 1985.
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Samuel Akisanya was a member of the Western House of Chiefs from 1952 until 1961.
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Samuel Akisanya was a founding member of the Action Group party in 1951.
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Samuel Akisanya was appointed a minister without portfolio in the government of the Western Region from 1952 to 1955.