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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: People from Abia State, Populated places in Abia State, Jaja Wachuku, Enyimba International F.C., Onyema Ugochukwu, Aba, Abia, Eluoma, Alayi, Abiriba, Umukabia, Ike Nwachukwu, Umuahia, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Arochukwu, Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Abia, Isuikwuato, Theodore Orji, Joshua Uzoigwe, Eziuche Ubani, Ohafia, Ohuhu people, Obinkita, Abia State University, Bende, Abia, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, David Solomon Abwo, National Root Crops Research Institute, Chinweizu Ibekwe, Eni Njoku, Uche Chukwumerije, Orji Uzor Kalu, Osisioma Ngwa, Ikwuano, Ugwunagbo, Nkechi Justina Nwaogu, Nsirimo, Bob Nwannunu, List of Governors of Abia State, Vincent Eze Ogbulafor, Frank Ajobena, Umudike, Ogbonnaya Onu, Uturu, Ubakala, Ibom Kingdom, Abia Warriors F.C., Abia State Polytechnic, Umuogele. Excerpt: Jaja Anucha Wachuku (1 January 1918 - 7 November 1996), was a Pan-Africanist; and a distinguished Nigerian statesman, lawyer, politician, diplomat and humanitarian. He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, as well as first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations . He was also the first Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs. On Thursday 30 September 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria conferred on Wachuku a posthumous special Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Award for his outstanding contributions towards the development of Nigeria. Jaja Anucha Wachuku Jaja Anucha Wachuku's powerful father Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, who died in 1950, was the Paramount Chief Head of all Ngwa of the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria. Jaja's mother, Rebecca Ngwanchiwa Wachuku, who died in 1963 was a female leader and land-owner. From both parents, Wachuku inherited an intrepid, forceful, yet caring personality. His apical ancestor Mgbawa had moved from U...
