Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

STATE OF THE NATION: Every Nation is like a motor vehicle conveying the citizens as it would a driver and passengers inside it. The leaders of Nations therefore becomes their drivers.  Drawing from the exact words of Bertrand Russell : When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying behavior to sin, he does not say, "You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go."  He attempts to find out what is wrong and set it right. Invariably, It becomes the fault of the driver whose impatience has blurred his perception. His car will remain grounded and immovable in one place until the driver calmly detects the fault with it.

Professor Chinwuba Arum  is the new  Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS) FUTA. Arum, a Professor of Civil Engineering started his teaching career as a Lecturer II in the Department of Civil Engineering, FUTA in year 2000 and rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 2014.  He acted as Head of Department between August 2009 and August 2011 and Head of Department 2016-2018. He also served as a Visiting Associate Professor and Pioneer Dean of Faculty of Engineering at Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin between October, 2013 and August 2014 in addition to serving as Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Namibia, Jose Eduardo Los Santos Campus, Ongwediva (2014-2018) and Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State (2015-2017). Arum has contributed significantly to Teaching and Research at national and international levels having supervised and c...

Evangelist William Ezechukwu Onyeabor was born 26th March 1946 into the Ogbodo Onyeabor family in Amodu Awkunanaw in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State of Nigeria. Daddy was the fourth child of the late Evang Abner Ugwuogbodo Onyeabor and the late Ezinne Eunice Nwaejiofor Onyeabor of larger family in Amodu Awkunanaw Community, Enugu State, Nigeria. His education Daddy had his primary school education from 1954-1960 at St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Utonko, in the Benue State of Nigeria. Being a very brilliant lad, he came out in flying  colours. That same year, Daddy joined his in-law the late Chief Aaron Orji in Cameroon and he sponsored his secondary education at the Regent Secretarial Institute, Mamfe, Western Province of Cameroon, where he obtained Senior Secondary Commercial Certificate with credit in 1966. He had his diplomas/PGD in the processing and manufacturing of gramoxone records dics at the Institute of Records Manufacturing of Technology at Toolex, Al...

Cottage Hospital Amechi Awkunanaw currently services over 500 women and children in the area with support from Government and non governmental agencies alike.  The Health care center has received lots of free medical supplies, equipments and donations from some organizations like Vigor Health Drive Inc to mention just one. But reports reaching AV is that most of these medical supplies which were meant for free distribution to cater for the unmet needs of patients and their families in the community is now being sold to them. Strangely, BP checks which is done free at other similar health facilities now costs #20.00 for Children and #50.00 for adults at the hospital's lobby.  The pharmacy unit sells a pair of gloves for #50.00 to patients. But the last straw that broke the camel's back in the matter is that the Nurses now collects service charges for injections without issuing receipts for the fees and yet claim that those fees goes into the government coffers. Children and adu...

"Igbo enwé Eze"  The Igbo have been known to pride themselves on democracy and freedom where consensus is the norm rather than bowing to the commands or wishes of the "king". Consensus amongst the Igbo has always been between " Oha na Eze" It is generally known that the individualistic and freedom-loving nature of the Igbo people does not support feudal or monarchical culture -that the Igbo's are incompatible with monarchical culture.  Professor Onwumechili at the the 2000 Ahiajoku lecture for Igbos, asserted this fact when he said that "the pre-colonial traditional government of the Igbo without kings imbued in them the characteristic traits that prompt the saying that 'Igbo Enwe Eze'  ".  So how come Ndi Igbo are deceiving or are allowing themselves to be decieved? Who is fooling who? Without a common ground or platform, the diversely oriented Igbo's are being promised the leadership of this country come 2023... We dey laugh o!...

Several historians of  Igbo culture  have written various accounts concerning where Igbos originated from. Anyone writing an historical account of Igbo people must have facts to back it up. However, no historian can claim the historical accounts of other historians are either truthful or falsehood, because no historical account is nobler than the other. Here are two (2) historical accounts of Igbo origin:  Igbos are descendants of Jacob who later became known as Israel. Israel had 12 sons one of which was known as Gad. When famine caused Jacob and his sons to migrate to Egypt where there was an abundance of food at the time. They remained in Egypt for many years; before the Egyptians became envious and began to persecute the Israelites.Gad who became the patriarch of all Igbos had 7 sons – Eri was the 5th of them. Before the Egyptian persecution began, Eri in company of his family and associates left Egypt after catching an inkling of impending pe...

Ten years on and it looks as if it was just yesterday. The memories about him remain evergreen because he lives in the hearts that he touched. And they are many! Neither a star nor comet heralded his birth on March 19, 1942 but the then rusty Amechi, Awkunanaw community in today’s Enugu State had the presence of mind to recognize that a child who would later shine brighter than star had been born. And 10 years ago when he joined the saints, beyond Awkunanaw, the world was aware that that a star had dimed but not his name, not his good deeds while on earth. The death of Chief Chiji Agbo brings to an end, an elegant era. Born to the family of late Chief Nwankwo Agbo and Madam Comfort Agbo, Chiji, a seasoned industrialist died on July 17, 2005. A man with a good heart, Chiji would rather surrender his last kobo to the needy rather than see the them suffer. As a landlord, he was an unusual one to his tenants who he treated like his own biological children. Chiji would rather return lat...