MILESTONE IN UMUAHIA HISTORY
By Eugene C. Ibe (Class of 1955) .
1927:
Rev. Robert Fisher arrives Nigeria from Gold Coast (Ghana) and is posted
by Colonial Govt in Lagos to start an institution in Eastern Nigeria.
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GOVERNMENT
COLLEGE UMUAHIA,
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN DECLINE
By Eugene C. Ibe (Class of 1955)
The History of this citadel of learning started in 1927 when the Colonial Government in Lagos decided to start 3 Secondary Schools “in the interior” namely a school in Ibadan (Government College Ibadan), one in Zaria (now Barewa College) and in Umuahia (Government College Umuahia). Read more...
1928: Rev. Fisher acquires the land for Govt College from Olokoro, Umudike and Lodu communities for one pound plus tobacco a year. They thought the white man was a fool to acquire a desecrated land used for buying Osu sect. Read more...
UMUAHIANS IN ATLANTA
By Benjamin Njoku (October 22, 2006)
The Atlanta chapter of the GCUOBA-USA,
hosts of the sixth edition of the annual convention of the Government
College, Umuahia Old Boys Association in the United States, promised
a full dose of the “southern hospitality” to the old boys
as they converged in Atlanta, this Olympic city famous as the “black
capital” of the United States. Read
more...
I REMEMBER UMUAHIA
BY
Godswill Okey Okoji, MD - Class
of 1967, Simpson House 1967, 70-74
Those cold early mornings when I had to get up at 5.35am! I was lucky, all I had to do was go to the Assistant House captain’s room to clear the trash, sweep the room and what ever an assistant house capital’s fag did. I felt so sorry for my very young class mates - onyoos who had to do morning work, sweeping portions of allocated areas, and then gardening in the assigned portion. Umuahia was a bee hive in the true sense of it or better a boot camp... Read more
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