Alvan Ikoku

“Dr. Alvan Ikoku will remain an icon in Nigerian academic and educational development as one of the most outstanding educationists and elder statesmen Nigeria ever had.”

“Dr Alvan Ikoku still remains a great icon in Nigerian academic and educational development and one of the most outstanding educationists ever had in Nigeria.”

“He was an icon in educational development”

“And the descendants have also taken a cue from that. So, you’d find out that Aro people are in the civil service, commerce and other areas of economic enterprise. And you have the late Dr Alvan Ikoku, the first Nigerian to earn external degree from the University of London; the first person to establish the first co-educational school in West Africa, and Mazi Sam Otti, the first African permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance.”

“He was more than just an educator. He was a reformer, a nationalist and a believer in the power of knowledge to transform society.”