Martin Agbaso
| Chief Martin Agbaso | |
|---|---|
| Politician | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1959 Emekuku, Owerri |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Agbaso |
| Children | Nnanna Agbaso, Adanna Agbaso, Ikenna Agbaso |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Christian |
Chief Martin Agbaso (born 1959) is a Nigerian economist, politician and was a candidate for Governor of Imo State. Agbaso is the former Imo State Senator for Owerri, a special assistant on Ecology to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and is married to Robin Agbaso, an American. The Agbasos have three children.
Chief Martin Agbaso was born on April 5, 1959 in Emekuku, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. The first son of Chief Nathan and Mrs. Anna Agbaso, strong adherents of the Catholic faith, who imparted Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity, early in their son’s life. These virtues later become the defining character of the man whose life is simply a treatise in compassion, flexibility, honesty, integrity and humility.
Young Martin began his early education at Our Lady's Primary School, Emekuku (now Chief Obi Memorial Primary School), from which he graduated with the First School Leaving Certificate in 1971. Although of humble parentage, Martin was born into one of those families in which education is regarded as an existential mantel. Accordingly, he proceeded to Sabastine Academy, (now Emekuku High School), where he graduated in flying colours in 1976, receiving his West African School Certificate (WAEC).
In keeping with his family’s tradition, he enrolled at the prestigious Pontifical University in Rome, Italy, and in 1980, earned his Advanced Diploma in Social Sciences. This was rapidly followed by a B.Sc. and NASD Degrees in Finance, from the State University of New York, Old Westbury, USA, in 1983 and 84 respectively.
Chief Martin Agbaso, a man heavily endowed with good nature and presence, is not one to be passive in his environment, be hidden in any crowd nor his ebullience and vivacity be missed - attributes that always stood him out during college years. While his remarkably personality makes him easily acceptable to people it was his candour, bursting enthusiasm and leadership qualities that sustain his fellow student’s interest in him even with limited contact.
A man of considerable cerebral content, Chief Agbaso’s alluring humility was always salient. He wasted no time in blending with his fellow students of various racial extractions, yet his intellectual dominance over his classmates in the university was apparent. It was no wonder therefore that the committee of International Students at the Pontifical University of Rome found him worthy and elected him Secretary General in 1980, making him the first African, to be so elected.
Chief Agbaso is very conscientious and was incurably an enthusiastic student with an academic GPA high above average which manifested in the numerous awards he earned while at school. He was a recipient of the Clyde Winfield Academic Award for Excellence at the State University of New York, where he was also the First Black Academic Chairperson, of the Students Union Government in the 1982/83 academic session.
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