Gordian Obumneme Ezekwe (born May 10, 1929) was a Nigerian inventor, mechanical engineer and former federal Minister of Science and Technology under Ibrahim Babangida from 1989 to 1991.

[7] At PRODA, he was able to supervise the invention of ceiling board from agricultural waste, lager beer from sorghum, ceramic glazes and colours from local minerals, electrical porcelain insulator.

In January 1992, he was appointed the first executive Vice Chairman of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), a post he held until his death.

Ezekwe worked on inventions such as a cassava peeling machine[8] and the Industrial Cooker; Mechanical Egg-Turner for small Incubators.

), University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1986,[7] A biography of Prof. Gordian Ezekwe was co-written by Prof. Alexander Animalu, Jeff Unaegbu, and Thaddeus Udeinya in 2018.