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Late elder statesman, Dr Basil Nnanna Ukegbu
By CHARLES IWUOHA
A Colloquy on Biography of late elder statesman, Dr Basil Nnanna Ukegbu will on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 be unveiled to the public.
The authorized biography, titled ?The Purpose of My Life: The Amazing Story of Dr Basil Nnanna Ukegbu,? written by Dr Ethelbert Okere is to be presented at Rockview Hotel Owerri, Imo State capital.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the author, Dr Ethelbert Okere, said dignitaries expected at the occasion include Imo State governor Senator Hope Uzodinma, a former governor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim, who would chair the occasion. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu, a former national vice chairman South East of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would be the lead discussants.
Other discussants are the Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts Dr Sam Amadi, a renowned scholar, Dr. Matthew Chima Amadi, Professor Francis Chukwuma Okere of the Department of Linguistics Imo State University and Dr TOE Ekechi, Chief Executive of Marketing & Media Ltd.
Several other dignitaries including politicians, within and outside Imo state, journalists, members of the academia, the clergy, among others are expected to grace the occasion.
The late Dr Basil Nnanna Ukegbu was a First Republic Parliamentarian and founder of one of the most reputable secondary schools in the former Eastern region, the Owerri Grammar School lmerienwe.
In 1980, he founded the first private university in Africa Imo Technical University (ITU), but which was decreed out of existence by the military in 1983 according to the statement.
