Owerri Club Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary.  To Honour Iwuanywu,Udenwa,Ohakim, Anyanwu,Leo Stan. 

Owerri Club Celebrates 50 Year Anniversary.

To Honour Iwuanywu,Udenwa,Ohakim, Anyanwu,Leo Stan.

 

The Owerri Club, founded in 1976,located in Aladinma,Owerri Imo,State,will mark her 50th year anniversary this year.

The Ceremony which commenced on Tuesday, October 20th with a Press Conference will climax on November,29th, Sunday,with Awards Ceremony,and Commissioning of Projects.

Addressing the Press,the President of OwerrinClub, Ezinwa Onyebuchi Obinwa disclosed that a lot of Activities are lined up for the event,which has a Central Planning Committee headed by Dr Pat Ekeji as Chairman and Eze Duruiheoma, SAN as Co-Chairman and Engr Stan Ukaga as Secretary.

The Event would serve as Avenue to Honour members and other personalities who have contributed to the Development and sustainance of the Club.

The Club will have Chief Leo Stan Ekeh OFR,Chairman of Zinox Gropu and Konga Group Investitured as Grand Patron of Owerri Club.

Others to be honoured include two past Governors of Imo State, His Excellencies Chief Achike Udenwa and Dr Ikedi Ohakim.

Also to be honoured are Senators Samuel Anyanwu and Ezenwa Onyewuchi.

Late Chief Emmanuel Iwuanywu(Ahaejiagambam Ndigbo) would be given a Posthumous Award.

The Theme of the Anniversary is “50 years of Legacy abd Service: Honouring the Past,Building the Future”.

The Club will unveil a Hall of Fame where some of its members, both dead and alive would be recognized for their contributions to the Club.

The Owerri Club was founded on June 14,1976 by Fourteen Civil Servants who returned home at the Creation of Imo State from Old East Central State.

The Club House was officially opened on September 11,1978 by then Military Governor of Imo State,Brigadier Sunday Adenihu.

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