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Agunyi Ironsi
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Tafawa Balewa
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Alvan Ikoku
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Shehu Shagari
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mazi Alvan Ikoku was a Nigerian educationist whose face graciously adorns the 10 naira note but only a few Nigerians really know who he was. Ikoku remains one of Nigeria’s finest educationists. He was also an activist, nationalist, politician and undoubtedly, a statesman.
Detailed explanation-2: -The orange-coloured polymer banknote of 10 Naira shows the portrait of African statesman Alvan Ikoku on the front side.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main feature on the front is the engraved portraits of Alhaji Aliyu Mai-Bornu and Dr. Clement Isong, both of which are former governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Detailed explanation-4: -Born on August 1, 1900, in Amanagwu Arochukwu, present-day Abia State, from 1911 to 1914, he was educated at the Arochukwu Government Primary School and from 1915 to 1920, he attended Hope Waddell College, Calabar where he was a student under James Emmanuel Aggrey and was mates with Akanu Ibiam and Eyo Eyo Esua.