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M. G. Ejaife
M. G. Ejaife (born I June, 1912 – 6 March 1972) was an Urhobo nationalist from Okpara Inland and the first principal of the premier Urhobo College Effurun, Warri. He was one of two recipients of scholarship awards from Urhobo Progress Union during World War II years. (The other recipient was G. N. Igho.) He returned to Nigeria after his graduation with a B.A. degree of Durham University in 1948, thus becoming the first Urhobo graduate. He then became the founding Principal of Urhobo College, Effurun. He brought that famous secondary school to its great heights in many fields. Mr. Ejaife later served in many other capacities in Urhobo affairs. He was Urhobo's first Senator, serving with distinction in Nigeria's Upper Chamber during the country's First Republic.
==Early life==
McNeil Gabriel Ejaife was born I June 1912 to Utujoh Ejaife of Okpara and Temienor Akpowhowho of Eku at Okurekpo in Agon, an Urhobo Clan in Delta State of Nigeria. Okpara Inland is a community located in the Ethiope East local government area of Delta State Nigeria. This community is a progeny of the Agbon Kingdom. He was one of three siblings. The oldest was a woman. His two brothers were the late Frederick Obodeti Ejaife, a lawyer. The other was the late Johnson Jakovo Ejaife, medical doctor. He also had three other brothers from a different mother. One of them the late James Madedon Ejaife, a tailor who lived at the Ejaife house at Okpara Waterside. He was named McNeil after the captain of a British ship with whom his mother did some trading business.
Okpara was mainly a farming community when Ejaife was young, the crops grown there such as yams, okra and cassava were cultivated largely by families and clans. His father was a hardworking peasant whose ancestors were all highly respected members of the community.
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