My fellow Umuahians, Your new executive committee, after much deliberation and consultations over the past few weeks, have now committed to a new fundraising strategy, designed to allow every and all Umuahians participate in this major clarion call. We have successfully reopened the school; and glory be to God. We also owe immense gratitude to all Read More
FROM THE PRESIDENT – Jan 8, 2023
FROM THE TREASURY – Jan 8, 2023
Umuahians, Please find link below to our comprehensive and detailed diaspora fundraising report. The Spreadsheet below represents all the different campaigns we have embarked on and hence the different tabs or sheets. Please tab through each sheet to review contributions for all campaigns. We are pleading with all who have pledged and still have Read More
FROM THE TREASURY – Dec 23, 2022
We are fast approaching the end of this year, and we simply and humbly want to remind you to include GCU in your end of year tax planning and strategies. Would you rather pay Uncle Sam or legally enable us to raise the funds to sustain our GCU dream? GCUOBA USA is a 501c3 organization, and all your donations are tax deductible. To all those, who made Read More
FROM THE PRESIDENT – Dec 20, 2022
My fellow Umuahians, Since the formal inception of GCUOBA-USA, we have had the singular focus of restoring Government College Umuahia. And we have maintained and executed on that focus over the years. Exactly 8 years ago, on the 22nd day of December 2014, Abia State Government relinquished control and governance of the school, and we all heard the Read More
FEDT FACILITY RESTORATION UPDATE
Honor Lucius Nwosu
Umuahians,It is time to honor our own Lucius Ezeakamadu Nwosu, SAN, Class of 1966, “Papa Doc” as we fondly called him. His many attributes, selfless service, and contributions to his village, the oppressed and to Umuahia have been chronicled in many tributes, writings, and comments.His family has dedicated a “Service of Songs and Tributes” at 5 pm on Read More
Lucius Nwosu
Umuahians, On Tuesday, April 5, we lost our own Lucius Ezeaka Nwosu, SAN, Class of 1966, “Papa Doc” as we fondly called him. Behind his sometimes “steely” exterior, Papa Doc was kind, generous and committed to everything he believed in. This is why he tenaciously fought for over 30 years for restitution to the Ogoni people from the Shell corporation; why he Read More
UPDATES FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT- October 7, 2021
Fellow Umuahians, I hope that you and yours are safe and well. That you are all still practicing “physical distancing”, masking, good hand hygiene, and getting vaccinated since the COVID 19 delta variant is still with us. With prayers and God’s grace, we will all see the light at the end of the tunnel. It has been a while since my last update, however as Read More
URGENT Request for Dining Hall Completion by September 1, 2021
Fellow Umuahians, We are excited to let you know that we have completed the first phase of the project we undertook as a group (GCUOBA Diaspora) to execute. Thank you all for your generous support since the beginning of this effort. The first phase of this project was the physical construction of a new dining hall structure.The second phase of the Read More