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REST IN PEACE:CHIEF GODFREY U. ACHI (NMKPADIGBO 1 OF NDIAGBOR).

Today the Old Awgu and Enugu state in general say farewell to one of the last of a generation; The generation of those who fought for our independence, first educationists,  post colonial community leaders, disciplinarians more especially noble gentlemen: CHIEF GODFREY U. ACHI (NMKPADIGBO 1 OF NDIAGBOR).

We thank God Almighty  for daddy’s life. A life filled with humility, dedication to humanity, sacrifice and love for all.

We shall all miss his gentleness, love and firmness in discipline.

May his soul rest in peace .

Attached below is a Special tribute  from the Chukwubikes, Family  of Nenwe

*A TRIBUTE FROM THE  CHUKWUBIKES OF NENWE TO CHIEF GODFREY U. ACHI (NMKPADIGBO 1 OF NDIAGBOR)  ON THE  DAY OF  HIS BURIAL 26TH JULY 2025*

It is with   mixed feelings of nostalgia, pride, grateful to God almighty and naturally sadness that we are here witnessing the committing to mother earth one of the great icons in our family’s (friendship) historical panorama.

The friendship between Senator M B Chukwubike  I suppose  started  when they were  young teachers more than three quarter of a century ago. We only remember  that  the stories  they told    whenever they met; and their meetings were  always often,  Right from the time Dad was  a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ,  Chief  Achis’s house  was one of the first calls (amongst a couple others in Ndiagbor) whenever  he returned  from the senate sessions in Lagos  to share his  experiences and messages from the senate. They would tell stories of their youth and enjoy them to our amazements. 

We always looked forward to visiting his family . He and his wife were very generous, kind   and entertaining though we were always able to see in him that air and command of high discipline that most Partents’ of that period and level impacted. He communicated patriotically in a pure Ndiagbor dialect.  I remember he loved  tennis and would always visit Nenwe for a tournament or play one with Dad at St Georges’ court (I suppose ) when we visited Ndiagbor

This friendship, mutual respect and alliance continued even in the dispensation of the local administration of the Division then (Awgu Division obviously) and the Igbo-etiti which later became our present Aninri .He was once described by MBC  as a very good  Peace mediator and an astute negotiator. If you asked our Dad of a sincere and trustworthy person, Godfrey Achi or GU  (as he used to call him would come up first.

When our mother died in 1999 my father was so desperate, inconsolable  and  Chief Achi promptly came to our house ,stayed and even slept in the same room with Dad giving him a great solidarity and psychological support you can only get from a loved one or someone who lived growth stories with you . Throughout the burial period  he  appeared in the pictures and video always behind Dad ,reassuring him and tapping his shoulder always like a boy .He continued to visit intermittently. His cajole and stories of girls both of them  would have married are still reminiscent in my memory. These are actions and stories of friendship that are priceless. 

Daddy  and you nurtured and assured   the friendship was passed on and  continued, thus   in 1971 when your son Emmanuel and Cousin Tobias  came to school in Awgu County Secondary school  Nenwe. He (Emmanuel) automatically became my best friend till date and was  also  adopted by my parents  for  the  5 years stay in Nenwe. I can also say the same of  your daughter Christy who has continued to be in great contact with me and  all my sisters.

As we bid  you farewell we  solemnly promise  to continue  with this solid foundation of love and friendship laid  by you people many  decades ago.

May you noble soul rest in peace.

 From;

Chief (Senator) M.B Chukwubikes'  Family

NIGERIA (IGBO) MUST GO : GHANA,THE MANIPULATION

THE GATHERING STORM

GHANA,THE INTRIGUE TO HATE & HARM

Many Ghanaian groups are inflaming the social media especially TikTok  with incitements to  hate & violence against Igbo people of Nigeria  and their businesses in Ghana because  of a miscommunication of ideas in a 13 years old video made by an Igbo businessman resident in Ghana!

Ironically these cries of violence against Igbos and the general igbo-phobia  are fuelled  and amplified by many Yoruba platforms who have become the proverbial "mourners crying more than the bereaved" and  are vigorously transforming Tik Tok to radio RTLM & radio Rwanda that we all know fanned the  embers  of the genocide in Rwanda .

Tik Tok should  be more proactive  in stopping being used  as ugly agents  or by anyone to cause  harm. 

The Government of Ghana we are sure will not permit the attack on anyone or any form of breaking down of law and order in Ghana. 

The Igbo community is also advised  to 'lower their voices' be humble as usual and use correct languages on their hosts at all times :  a must in the Igbo cosmology, culture  and way of life. 

One asks : is it not curious that a video made in the public glare 13 years ago resurface this year to cause this issues? Ask yourself again: Are there things we don't know?

We ask Ghanaians to pardon  whatever misunderstanding or wrong communication etc  with their  Igbo guests and  to as always use civil dialogue  as brothers  to resolve issues. 

I am 

Charles O Chukwubike

chukwubike@gmail.com

(Multicultural Mediator)

(Member CREIFOS Rome)

OJUKWUS' LAST SPEECH IN BIAFRA

General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu gave his last speech as Biafran Head-of-State before leaving for Côte d'Ivoire, on this date. On that occasion, he said:

“In the three years of the war, necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how. We built rockets, and we designed and built our own delivery systems. We guided our rockets. We guided them far, we guided them accurately.

For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens. We built and maintained our airports, maintained them under heavy bombardment. 

Despite the heavy bombardment, we recovered so quickly after each raid that we were able to maintain the record for the busiest airport in the continent of Africa. We spoke to the world through telecommunication system engineered by local ingenuity; the world heard us and spoke back to us! We built armoured car tanks. We modified aircraft from trainer to fighters, from passenger aircraft to bombers. In the three years of freedom we had broken the technological barrier.

Credit: Historical Nigeria

THE LETTER FROM OJUKWU TO BANJO

Many people dont know who Brigadier General Hillary Njoku is but he was the first GOC of the Biafran Army until he fell out with Ojukwu and was replaced by General Madiebo. After the war ended, Njoku wrote a book called "Tragedy without heroes" in which he wrote about his military career and time as commander of the Biafran Army. He also attached to his book the appointment letter Ojukwu wrote to late Victor Banjo giving him control of Biafran forces to liberate Western Nigeria from the North. The explosive letter is below:

22nd August 1967

My dear Victor

(1) For sometime now, you and I have been discussing the circumstances Which have led to the current and inevitable disintegration of what was the Federation of Nigeria. We have been fully convinced that the aim of the Hausa/Fulani complex has ever been, and will ever remain the total domination of every other part of what was known as the Federation of Nigeria. It is impossible to forget that the crisis which led to the army takeover in January 1966, the coup of the Northern Soldiers Ied by Gowon in July 1966, the wholesale and indiscriminate massacre of the people of what is now Biafra and to a less degree, the people of the Mid-west and West, including the Yorubas - were all the direct result of the Hausa/Fulani attempt to subjugate and use us as tools, the gallant people of Western Nigeria, namely the Yorubas. We do not need to remind ourselves of the heavy losses in life and property suffered by the Yoruba people in their fight for justice and freedom during 1965.

2. Sharing our belief that the people of Yorubaland have a right to live a life of equality, self-respect and justice, free of domination and dictatorship from any quarter, you have both identified yourself with the cause of the Biafran struggle for survival and expressed your determination to see the people of Yorubaland freed from Hausa/Fulani domination. We, the people of Biafra, for our part are willing and have decided to give you and the people of Yorubaland every assistance to achieve your aim.

3. After clearing the whole question with my Executive Council, I, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Biafra Armed Forces, have decided to place at your disposal Biafran forces for the liberation of Yorubaland on the following clear conditions:-

(i)You will have nothing to do with the Military Administration of the Mid-west Territory during your sojourn there prior to your move to the West.

(ii) The willingness and preparedness of Biafra to assist any part of the former Federation of Nigeria wishing and willing to liberate itself from the Hausa/Fulani domination, does not in any way whatever imply any inclination on her part to compromise her sovereignty or preserve what remains of the defunct Federation of Nigeria. In other words, our sovereignty and break with what used to be known as Nigeria are complete and irrevocable. Nothing must, therefore, be said or done by you or any member of the Liberation Army to give a contrary impression.

(iii) Biafra is determined to maintain and safeguard her sovereignty, and ensure that her integrity are never again threatend.

(iv) Biafran troops will, after the liberation of Yorubaland, remain in that territory only for as long as we in Biafra consider it necessary for the Yorubas to consolidate their position and sovereignty against any external threat.

(v) On the liberation of Yorubaland, you will be appointed Military Governor of that territory.

(vi) The liberation of Western Nigeria will be a prelude to the liberation of all Yorubas up to the River Niger and the severance of all connections between the West and the North at Jebba.

(Vii) during the period of Biafra troops presence in your territory, all political measures, statements or decrees shall be subject to the approval in writting, by myself or on my authority.

(Viii) Should our troops arrive and liberate Lagos, the Government of the Republic of Biafra reserves the right to appoint an administrator for that territory. Such an Administrator will remain in office until a merger of that territory with Yorubaland is effected and Biafran troops withdrawn.

(ix) As soon as possible after your appointment as the Military Governor of Western Nigeria and the separation of that territory from Nigeria, you and I must meet to discuss:

(a) The duration of stay by Biafran troops in your territory.

(b) The areas and subjects of co-operation between the liberated state of Western Nigeria, or by what name it may call itself, and Biafra.

(4) I do not need to remind you that Biafra regards all Yorubas as friends. As such, everything must be done, to ensure that the minimum force and loss of life are involved in achieving the objective of liberation.

(5) It is essential, in order to avoid misunderstanding or confusion, that all subsequent requests for support be formally made to me by you in writing.

(6) Will you please signify, in writing, your acceptance of the above conditions so that you may leave for Western Nigeria and lead the Army of Liberation.

Yours very sincerely
Sigd: Lt. Col. C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Biafran Armed Forces.

Brigadier Victor Banjo Enugu,

Copy to: The Senior Biafra Army Officer Liberation Army to the West

WHEN A POPE DIES..

With Pope Francis remaining in a critical condition in hospital, millions of Catholics are praying that he will recover.

The Vatican offered hope today by saying there has been a 'slight improvement' in the condition of the Pontiff, who was admitted on Valentine's Day with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs.

But the plight of the Argentine has prompted discussion about what will happen when the worst news does come.

After the death of a pope, their funeral will take place a maximum of six days later, during which time their body lies in state in St Peter's Basilica.

The Conclave - where cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor - will not happen for at least 15 days from the day of the pope's passing.

The Vatican Chamberlain, currently Cardinal Kevin Farrell, will first certify officially that the Pope is dead by calling his name three times at his bedside.

The Pope's office and private apartments will be sealed and the papal fisherman's ring removed from his finger and broken with a hammer.

The body of the Pope will then be dressed in red robes with a white mitre on his head, and he will be taken to St Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days.

How Pope Francis’s successor will be chosen 

The College of Cardinals will meet in Rome to choose a successor to

Pope Francis I. The conclave follows precise rules - only cardinals

aged under 80 are allowed to vote. The ballot will not take place for

at least 15 days, after nine days of official mourning. In the interim, a

cardinal known as the camerlengo, or chamberlain, becomes interim chief with limited powers.

Who will be voting?

Of the 252 living cardinals, 138 are under 80 and are therefore eligible to vote in the conclave.

Who will be voting?

Of the 252 living cardinals, 138 are under 80 and are therefore eligible to vote in the conclave.

Inside the Sistine Chapel

The cardinals are locked inside the chapel without electronic

devices or newspapers. Each cardinal secretly fills in the name of his

preferred candidate. In order of seniority, they walk to the altar and place it in an urn.

In contrast to most of his predecessors - Francis revealed in 2023 that he will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood, rather than with most of his predecessors in the grottoes beneath St Peter's.

Only cardinals who are aged 80 and under - so 138 of 252 currently - can vote in the conclave.

Cardinals will be locked inside the Chapel without access to technology or the outside world until a new pope is chosen by two-thirds majority.

The previous conclave - when Pope Benedict stepped down in 2013 - took just a day, but technically they can last weeks, months or even years. 

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In modern times, they have tended to only last a few days. If after around two weeks of balloting no new pope has been chosen, cardinals can opt for a majority vote.  

The conclave's first day begins with the 'Pro eligendo Romano Pontificie' Mass for the election of a Pope.

After the death of a pope, their funeral will take place a maximum of six days later, during which time their body lies in state in St Peter's Basilica.

The Conclave - where cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor - will not happen for at least 15 days from the day of the pope's passing.

The Vatican Chamberlain, currently Cardinal Kevin Farrell, will first certify officially that the Pope is dead by calling his name three times at his bedside.

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The Pope's office and private apartments will be sealed and the papal fisherman's ring removed from his finger and broken with a hammer.

The body of the Pope will then be dressed in red robes with a white mitre on his head, and he will be taken to St Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days.

In contrast to most of his predecessors - Francis revealed in 2023 that he will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood, rather than with most of his predecessors in the grottoes beneath St Peter's.

Only cardinals who are aged 80 and under - so 138 of 252 currently - can vote in the conclave.

Cardinals will be locked inside the Chapel without access to technology or the outside world until a new pope is chosen by two-thirds majority.

The previous conclave - when Pope Benedict stepped down in 2013 - took just a day, but technically they can last weeks, months or even years. 

In modern times, they have tended to only last a few days. If after around two weeks of balloting no new pope has been chosen, cardinals can opt for a majority vote.  

The conclave's first day begins with the 'Pro eligendo Romano Pontificie' Mass for the election of a pope.

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Cardinals will gather in the afternoon in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace and then file into the Sistine Chapel.

As they do so, they will chant the Litany of Saints and the Latin hymn Veni Creator, which implores the saints and the Holy Spirit to help them in their decision.

The Conclave will take place in the Sistine Chapel. Above: Cardinals on the first day of the Conclave in 2013, after the resignation of Benedict

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The Conclave will take place in the Sistine Chapel. Above: Cardinals on the first day of the Conclave in 2013, after the resignation of Benedict

Pope Francis addressing the faithful form the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after being chosen as the new pontiff, Standing under Michelangelo's 'Creation' and before his 'Last Judgment,' each cardinal places his hand on the Gospels and pledges 'with the greatest fidelity' never to reveal the details of the conclave.

A meditation on the qualities needed for the next pope and the challenges ahead for the church is delivered by Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech.

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The master of liturgical celebrations then cries 'Extra omnes', Latin for 'all out.'

Everyone except the cardinals then leaves and the voting can begin.

Each cardinal writes his choice on a piece of paper inscribed with the words 'Eligo in summen pontificem,' (I elect as Supreme Pontiff). 

One by one, they approach the altar and say: 'I call as my witness, Christ the Lord who will be my judge, that my vote is given to the one who, before God, I think should be elected.

The folded ballot is placed on a round plate and slid into an oval silver and gold urn.

In the past, a single chalice was used to hold the ballots. 

In line with tradition, Benedict lay in state inside St Peter's Basilica (above, January 2023) and was then buried in a crypt underneath the building. Pope Francis will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood

In line with tradition, Benedict lay in state inside St Peter's Basilica (above, January 2023) and was then buried in a crypt underneath the building. Pope Francis will be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood

What happens with Pope leadership when he becomes incapacitated?

But conclave changes made by Pope John Paul II in 1996 required three vessels: one for chapel ballots, another for ailing cardinals at the Vatican who can vote from their beds and the third to hold the ballots after counting.

Outside, in St Peter's Square, tens of thousands of Catholics will be watching - along with millions more on television around the world - to see smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel after each voting round.

Black smoke means no decision has been reached, white smoke means a new pope has been selected. 

The smoke arises from the burned ballots, and a dye is added to make sure the smoke is the right colour each time. 

Once the cardinals have chosen from among their number the master of liturgical ceremonies will enter the Sistine Chapel.

The prospective choice will be asked: 'Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?'

Assuming they say, 'I accept', the cardinal will then be asked by what name they wish to be known.

The new pope will then be given their iconic white cassock, before each cardinal approaches him to swear obedience.

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WHY DON'T WE PLANT THESE CROPS

It bothers me a lot when some fundamental items become so scarce at home and everyone is crying and begging the northerners .

This was the case of cucumber until some Nenwe families in the 2000s were forced  to relocate at home by BH then they tried planting the crop .Bingo!.it grew very well at home ..Right now it will soon become one of our 'Nenwe  export' crops if the security agencies prevent the new wave of  Fulani herdsmen destructions anyway.

Now it is the *Onions* that has become gold to the southerner.Maybe we are waiting for another emergency to force us to plant them.

We are in a rain tropical area  blessed with different soils and altitudes therefore Capable of growing almost all sorts of crops. During the war when the North severed relationships with us we grew more *88) and "ahadja oghe ogologo* (denominated Biafran Beans ). This beans is now going into extinction  and will invariably affect the popular *igbagidi Nenwe* that people come from far to buy. You didn't  know this kwa?

Our soil right from Enugu to some parts of Nenwe some parts.of  upper lands of Mgbowo and Ndiagbor and Awgu will be good for these plants. I cannot say much about Oduma because of water logging of the soil. Agric specialists can say better.

However it is a plant that you can grow in your house inside sacks and buckets instead of crying because of Ndi ùgwù..  I planted two pepper 🌶️ plants in two differents pots on a balcony and had more pepper we needed in a family of 5 for the  two Consecutive years they were there . The same with onions. My temp  tenant from Nike planted *ogwume* (which is a weed  in Italy though) and had to give out some .

What I wonder and most people overseas wonder is what has happened to the hands of most of our people at home.

 While growing up in Nenwe Carrots and onions were grown in Nenwe precisely at county by one *Charlie Okụkụ* . Charles okụkụ was the agric fellow of County sec.school that kept a poultry in the '60s which fed the students. He also planted these crops which we thought he used *magic ndi collage* (tech)  to grow at a altitude of HRH Ifeanatus home going towards the road to Obulorum but before  the lower lands and swamps near the ebọ that were always easily flooded and waterlogged. Anyone Enya ruru ali may remember this poultry and farms in the late 60s.

It's just a shame we always lose initiatives at home and find reasons through  inconceivable things,persons and situations.

I shall post on the Nenweonlie University methods how you can grow your own onions in Nenwe within 100 days.

Good morning.

charlie.mbc@gmail.com

EXACTLY 60 YEARS 9 MONTHS AGO SENATOR M B CHUKWUBIKE SAID IN THE PARLIAMENT...

 

Senator MB Chukwubike

AFTER 60 YEARS OF  THESE MOTIONS, ADVICES AND MONITORS,  WHERE ARE WE NOW IN NIGERIA & AFRICA?

APPRECIATIONS FROM CHARLES O. CHUKWUBIKE

Good morning Ndi Nenwe and Friends*, before my apologies I have to say a big *thank you* to everyone who believed or didn't believe( obviously must have believed now) in this project since 2020 when I initiated it till the climax with the presentation of the NENWE WHO IS WHO  first edition and project yesterday December 1st,2024.

I want to appreciate the various teams I have formed that worked towards this project so far.

I also thank those in the teams and committees that I dissolved for my good reasons.

I thank all those who understood and volunteered the information requested .

Special thanks to those who tenaciously and painstakingly did this job of  picking the information especially the patience and coping with my incessant phone calls and emails prompting and indicating.

I am sorry I sounded and appeared sometimes too heavy to bear with.

I don't want to name people here in particular, their names are already written in gold and in the premiation day we shall know them.

I want to thank our non-Nenwe guests and friends who stood by the coordinator and the team during the work till the presentation.  Your friendship and solidarity are well appreciated.

As I said yesterday my contacts are available and the email of the project is also available for your inputs ,corrections and complaints.They will be very useful.

Thank you for picking copies of the book and your donations .

Thank you once again.

I am

Charles O Chukwubike 

Nenwe.whoiswho@gmail.com

charlie.mbc@gmail.com

A SPEECH BY THE NENWE WHO IS WHO PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR AND MODERATOR, CHARLES OKECHUKWU CHUKWUBIKE

A SPEECH BY THE NENWE WHO IS WHO PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR, CHARLES OKECHUKWU CHUKWUBIKE ON THIS DAY, 1^ST DECEMBER 2024 AT THE UNVEILING OF THE FIRST EDITION DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIES OF SENATOR (CHIEF) M.B.CHUKWUBIKE.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen you are all welcome to this remarkable and history making day: The presentation of the maiden edition of Nenwe Who is who.

THE BACKGROUNG:

Before the presentation day of the HISTOY OF NENWE TOWN, the author Senator Chief M.B Chukwubike read aloud to me half of the book and made me read aloud the remaining half to him. This exercise took us three evenings. He never told me all the reasons  for that but during the exercise I observed that there were many events, places and personalities  that were supposed  to be a book of  their own  and  I promised myself it would be realised one day and put in a big library.

Years and decades passed the personalities increased naturally. Updating the history book he wrote  also became very imperative .

Having worked   for many years in data collection in a county in Europe  and participating in their biannual historic and who is who update, I thought in 2020 to replicate the same  in Nenwe through a continuous  update that would pull our history and people out of  the oral history where they have been and gradually disappearing. Many people were enthusiastic about the project and I got as many as wanted involved in it, However at some point I observed there was little progress because enthusiasm and eager to work was high but knowing what to do was the essential and that was what we lacked , though everyone was good in their specialised areas educating the team on this novel way of documenting history and working on line  since I live overseas  was imperative at this point.  This dragged and delayed the work.

In 2023 after returning a couple of times to Nigeria I got a dedicated team of 8 people who were ready in the arduous data collection. I am happy to announce that today in my little Nenwe circle we have a handful of people who now understand the working principles of this system which is just the primary stage that is prelude to the archiving which is my or our next target.

Ladies and gentlemen here we are today with the work ready. However permit me to add that as I said earlier it is a ‘work in progress’. There are less than a 90 names out of the double that  were supposed to  be publish in this edition, there are just a couple of historical  events, personalities  and landmarks as against tens that  I wrote already. The publication was first come  first served and many contacted people are still to understand what it is all about therefore didn’t consent to their personal  information being published . It is well understood .They might by this first edition understand what I meant and they might appear in subsequent editions.

The presentation in this book is not uniform as it should be professionally but this will also distinguish it as the first edition. The arrangement is alphabetical and space allocated is not according to importance.

THE TEAM;

Mr. Silas Nwenya, Mr.Patrick O.Chukwubike, Ken.Ogbu, PhD, Chief. Godwin Onuh (Ezeife), Prof. Michael O Maduagwu, Fidel Nwabueze Ogbo,PhD, Surv. E Okorie, Mr. IKechukwu the Greatest Ude ,Cyril O Oleh, PhD, Mazi Clem Ebere, Nicholas Udeh Esq. Mrs. Kande  Daniel, Louis Orji,PhD, Engr Bismarck Orji, Engr Ken Mbah, among others (aguwa ndi oma aba l'iro). 

I must recognize the contributions of these gentlemen and ladies who were always ready to source and transmit to me information and contacts when needed. I must remember Chief Camillus Igwebuike and Mr John Nwaru (both resting in peace) who in the beginning were very supportive and always listened to my questions and curiosities on phone. Most important is the home front where I am fortunate to have someone who has too much authentic heroic Nenwe blood of Chief Harrison Chukwumba (Ebili jiishi edje ogu), at some point I thought my wife Ndidi Harrison would have left me so that  'I marry Nenwe'  due to my exaggerated time and dedication to Nenwe projects but she is still holding forth just like my beloved sister Ngozi who in our everyday quarrel in everything, but  if I mention to her Nenwe is involved  she would pardon everything.

THE FUTURE;

As already mentioned  the  main aim is  to have  a virtual and  physical  cultural, historical data bank and library  where thousands of documents and graphics we have in the family library could be made accessible to the general public free of charges, a promise made to my Dad four decades ago; precisely on the day of presentation of his book ; The History of Nenwe town. 

A portal and platform will soon be created where all the  historical information and actual  data could be sourced virtually ie. from any part of the world. 

As this first edition of the book Nenwe Who Is Who is being presented and unveiled today simultaneously at Abuja, Enugu and virtually via zoom, I wish to thank you all  for  coming and  for  all your  support  I want everyone to see this as  a service  to humanity irrespective of your origin. I also promise to make available myself and experiences to anyone who may wish to implement such a program in their own communities.

There will be the books' NENWE TOWN unveiling program in between the Christmas 2024 and New year 2025 .

In March 2025 we shall have the general premiation day of  the personalities in this first edition  and the facilitators  by the Coordinator also in Nenwe . You will all be informed of the exact dates and venues of these two  events in  Nenwe.

Please a second favour after that of getting copies of this absolute first edition, is to kindly write any corrections, comment or suggestions through the email in the book.  Nenwe.whoiswho@gmail.com  or to mine chukwubike@gmail.com, I shall personally  reply you.

I thank God for the gift  of life and memory and  pray for the Grace  to still be with me and the team for a while . I end this with a conversation about my memory with my mom Magdalene Ekpete in 1997.

In a conversation I told her the name of the European doctor who used to treat me in the Awgu Joint Hospital when I was  a kid. She wondered how I knew her name . My dad went into his room and got his 1965 diary and confirmed the name was correct. My mom asked me the techniques and I told her something. The next day she asked me again what I said yesterday the techniques were and I told her I didn’t remember. In her typical way she said. “These are those who don’t remember what they ate in the night but will tell you the taste of the wine in the wedding at Cana.(Hahaha!!) May her soul and the soul of Bridget another one with super memory rest in peace.

Thank You for coming and for picking a copy of this maiden edition of Nenwe Who Is Who.

Charles Okechukwu Chukwubike

Coordinator/Moderator & Team Lead

NENWE WHO IS WHO  PUBLICATIONS

Nenwe.whoiswho@gmail.com

Charlie.mbc@gmail.com