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Nigeria’ first Ambassador to US, Julius Udochi, with other African Representatives in 1961.
Chief Julius Momo Udochi was the Ambassador to the United States of America, 1960–1965. He was a Teacher between 1931and 1938; a Customs Officer in the Nigerian Civil Service from 1938 to 1945; Assistant secretary, Nigerian Secretariat from 1945 to 1947; Hon. Provincial Secretary of the Nigerian Civil Service Union, Co-Editor “The Nigerian Civil Servant” from 1939 to 1945.
He was called to the English Bar as a Barrister at Law by the Middle Temple in 1950; He practised Law, 1950–1960; was Chairman of the Federal Non-Government Teacher’s Salary Commission and a Member of the Mission to the World Bank, 1958; Hon. Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association and Member of the Committee on Legal Education, 1955–1959.
He became a Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1954 to 1959 and 1965 and 1966. He was later the Hon. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mid-Western State of Nigeria, 1967–1975.