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Joseph Oqua Ansa was a Senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. He was elected two terms in 1979 and 1983 to represent Cross River South Senatorial District during the
Nigerian Second Republic The Second Nigerian Republic was a brief formation of the Nigerian state which succeeded the military governments formed after the overthrow of the first republic. Background Contested elections and political turbulence in the Western region ...
(1979–1983). He was a member of the
National Party of Nigeria The National Party of Nigeria (NPN) was the dominant political party in Nigeria during the Second Republic (1979–1983). History Formation The party's beginning could be traced to private and sometimes secret meetings among key Northern Nigeri ...
(NPN)


Career

Senator Ansa was the chairman of Senate Committee on Labour and Productivity, he moved the motion which led to
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being declared a public holiday and observed as workers day in Nigeria. It is also on record that he moved the "Senator for life" motion.


Personal life and death

Joseph Oqua Ansa was married, he was a devoted Christian a labour unionist, writer and a politician, he died on 26 November 2019 after a brief illness, he is a father of 10 children, 14 grandchildren. On 11 March 2020, the
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observed minute's silence in his memory.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansa, Joseph O. 1940 births 2019 deaths Members of the Senate (Nigeria) National Party of Nigeria politicians Alumni of the London School of Journalism University of Ibadan alumni People from Cross River State