Gabriel Toby
{{short description|Nigerian economist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Gabriel Toby
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| office =Deputy Governor of Rivers State
| term_start =1999
| term_end =2007
| governor = Peter Odili
| predecessor =
| successor = Tele Ikuru
| constituency =Rivers State
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| birth_name =Gabriel Tamunobiebere George Toby
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| birth_place =Opobo, Rivers State, Nigeria
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| nationality =Nigerian
| party =People's Democratic Party
| spouse = Christie Toby
| children = Ibim Semenitari
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| alma_mater =University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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Gabriel Tamunobiebere George Toby is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party, an economist and a former civil servant who served as Deputy Governor of Rivers State under Governor Peter Odili from 1999 to 2007.{{cite news|url=http://leadership.ng/news/386051/2015-deputy-governors-may-succeed-bosses|title=2015: Deputy Governors That May Not Succeed Their Bosses|newspaper=Leadership|date=4 October 2014|access-date=3 March 2015}}
Early life and education
Originally from Opobo, Toby is an alumnus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He studied Economics and received a bachelor's degree in 1963.{{cite news|url=http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/oct/10/289.html|title=RSG donates 10 computers to UNN|publisher=BiafraNigeria World News|date=10 October 2003|access-date=3 March 2015}}
Career
Toby worked as a civil servant in various government ministries, rising to the rank of Director General before retiring in 1994. Other offices in which he has served include Pro-Chancellor, and Chairman Governing Council, University of Benin, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, University of Port Harcourt and Chairman of Council, Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori. In 1999, Toby was chosen as the People's Democratic Party nominee for deputy governor. He was elected eventually and served under Governor Peter Odili. In 2006, he became the first Nigerian to earn the National Merit Award of Accomplished and most Outstanding Deputy Governor in the country.{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200605160552.html|title=Toby Emerges Best Deputy Governor|newspaper=Thisday|via=AllAfrica|date=16 May 2006|access-date=3 March 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719225606/http://rotary9140.org/about_us/district_leadership.php|publisher = The Wayback Machine|url =http://rotary9140.org/about_us/district_leadership.php|archive-date=19 July 2011|title=District Leadership|work=Rotary International District 9140|access-date=3 March 2015}}
See also
References
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{{Rivers State People's Democratic Party}}
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Category:Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party politicians
Category:Rivers State civil servants
Category:Deputy governors of Rivers State
Category:University of Nigeria alumni