by Engr. Cyril Ekpe – Shell PH Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa (MON, OFR, NPOM, FPSN, KSC, etc), President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria,  marked 70 years on 16 August 2020. It was a day to remember as he launched his latest book WIRED TO LEAD. I have not experienced a virtual event that lasted from 2pm –...

Former Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), and current President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has asked all lovers of equity and justice to rally round the Igbo to ensure that they produce the next president after Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He described those opposed to a president of Igbo...

Speech delivered at the ADF Akuruo Ulo Business Development and Investment Forum held at the Colonades Hotel, 8th September, 2019 INTRODUCTION I thank God for this opportunity to be here. And I thank God for the Business Development and Investment Committee of ADF for putting together this forum, in support of previous efforts. Ndigbo“si mgbe...

It is great to live in these times in Aro. To travel to Aro in two hours or less from Umuahia from either of three directions is exciting. With the work going on by the Federal Government on the Ohafia-Arochukwu highway, travelling to Aro on this main thoroughfare has become less strenuous and given the...

In the year 2001 or thereabout, I was a member of a delegation of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) that visited President Olusegun Obasanjo at Aso Rock. The delegation was led by the President of the chamber at that time, Chief (Mrs) Priscillia Kuye SAN. When Mrs Kuye finished addressing the President, she...

INTRODUCTION It is indeed a privilege and honor to be invited to present the keynote address at this 13th Ikeji Aro Annual Lecture Series for the year 2018. I wish therefore to thank God Almighty and also the organizers of the Arochukwu for Christ Movement for this honor. The Theme- “Peace: Its Implications and Application...

IN THE BEGINNING The people of Okoni Ibom allocated a large parcel of land to Nzuko ndi Ikom na Inyom( as Nzuko Aro was then called) on August, 7, 1975. Work on the site commenced subsequently. A foundation for the hall was laid and work on channelization of rain water, given the topography of the...

I must necessarily begin this paper with the confession that, being not one of the Aro who were ‘’born, bred and buttered’’ in Aro, I know very little about Aro and her culture. Except a two year stint as a student of our beloved Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu (1954-1955), and a close to one year...

The 11th Ikeji Aro annual lecture and Aro thanksgiving took place recently on the 26th and 27th August 2016 at the Civic centre. Despite the challenges of this season- economic recession, bad roads and plenty of rainfall, the program was most successful in terms of quality of presentations, speeches, participation and impact. Mazi Iheanyi Elekwa,...

It is good news that Arochukwu was not denied the opportunity to have one of its own sons in high political office this season. Of the three elective positions we were competing for, we lost two and it is only comforting that God granted us the grace not to go empty handed. Glory be to...