Friday, August 15, 2025
  • Who’sWho Africa AWARDS
  • About Time Africa Magazine
  • Contact Us
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
  • Home
  • Magazine
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • World News
    • US
    • UAE
    • Europe
    • UK
    • Israel-Hamas
    • Russia-Ukraine
  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Column
  • Interviews
  • Special Report
No Result
View All Result
Time Africa Magazine
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
  • News
  • Magazine
  • World News

Home » News » Enugu Former Commissioner, Dr. John Egbo, takes ‘Aku Ruo Uno’ campaign to America

Enugu Former Commissioner, Dr. John Egbo, takes ‘Aku Ruo Uno’ campaign to America

Speaks to prominent citizens of Enugu at the Enugu-USA 2024 Convention, Dallas, Texas and launching of Enugu-USA Building Project to be sited in Enugu - Nigeria

August 9, 2024
in News
0
Dr. John Egbo address the audience

Dr. John Egbo address the audience

558
SHARES
4.7k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Aku Ruo Uno (think home) philosophy has played transformative role to the industrialisation of Southeast Nigeria. Apparently, with particular focus on unity of the Igbo, particularly, Ndi Enugu, the former Commissioner for Environment, and USA Deputy Sheriff Dr. John Egbo (retired) has touted the strides that Enugu-USA has made thus far, while heaping on the prospects and opportunities that multi-billion naira proposed Enugu USA Building Project in Enugu offers. He said the project is a complete domestication and institutionalization of Aku Ruo Uno.

Dr. Egbo, the founding Commissioner for the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, addressed a mammoth audience of Enugu prominent citizens at the Enugu-USA 2024 Convention and launching of the Enugu-USA Building Project in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, 3rd August, 2024.

The former Commissioner Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Environment, Enugu State said the Enugu-USA Building Project, the first of its kind among Nigerian States Diaspora organizations in the United States, to be sited in Enugu will domicile the youth empowerment programs, skill acquisition training, healthcare delivery, and community development programs.

Dr. John Egbo address the audience

“Today, Madam President, Dr. Mrs. Chy Agbayi, and her Executive Officers are making history by launching the Enugu-USA Building Project, the first of its kind among Nigerian state Diaspora organizations in the United States. I am excited about the prospects of Enugu-USA owning its own home in the Coal City (Aku Ruo Uno).

ReadAlso

Celebrating Dr. Prince Lawrence Ezeh at 55

Enugu Tech Festival Draws 22,000+ From Across Nigeria in Day One and Day Two

According to the security consultant him, “the Enugu-USA Building Project will be a great addition and support to the other developmental projects of the Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mba, who is really changing the trajectory of development in the State, ‘Tomorrow is Here’ indeed. We plead with the Governor to support this laudable project by facilitating prompt allocation of land for the project in a place central and accessible to end users. We further plead with the Governor to direct all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to facilitate issuance of relevant permits and waivers to make the immediate and prompt takeoff of the project a reality.

“I can vouch for the Association that the project will be executed accordingly and compliment the infrastructural development of the Governor as well as add value to the growth and development of the economy of Enugu State. From all indications, the vision is clear, the mission is clear, and the implementation will be a reality. Likewise, I can reassure my Diaspora brothers and sisters that Enugu State is peaceful and a good clime for this laudable initiative because the Governor of Enugu State has instituted both police patrol team named DRS and CCTV on major streets of Enugu city to tackle insecurity.

ADVERTISEMENT

He informed the audience that “Dallas once again has birthed the 1st Enugu USA Youth Summit starting a program of leadership training for our youths, who will eventually take over from us as we retire and enjoy our senior citizenship status.

“Our youths must be successful, respect their parents, know their root in Nigeria, invest in both continents, marry each other, be bilingual, understand our culture and be proud of their ancestry and heritage. This is a wakeup call for all of us parents to emulate what has made Jewish Americans and their successive generations great in the United States.

Dr. Egbo expressed excitement that “Dallas, Texas continues to spark big ideas that promote our Association and serve as a kind host for many of us who arrived here as immigrants chasing the American Dream. Twenty-two years ago, in August 2002, I stood here in Dallas to receive your mandate as the third President of Enuge-USA. Now, you can see that Dallas means a lot to me.”

Enumerating the importance of the Enugu-USA Building Project, he added, “youth empowerment is a development program that aims to create opportunities that encourage and develop young people to be morally responsible, self-reliant, and financially productive citizens. Enugu USA can consider instituting scholarships, providing resources for youths to establish SMEs, creating incentives to attract youths to agriculture, and training youths on vocational skills and our young nurses on test taking skills to pass the National Council Licensure Examination, also known as the NCLEX, which is the national exam that all nursing students must pass in order to become a licensed registered nurse in the United States.

“The centre will also serve as a hub to attract, identify, energize and train our young people on the use of modern Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning technology.

“Our youths must be successful, respect their parents, know their root in Nigeria, invest in both continents, marry each other, be bilingual, understand our culture and be proud of their ancestry and heritage. This is a wakeup call for all of us parents to emulate what has made Jewish Americans and their successive generations great in the United States.

“The good news is that we do not have to tax ourselves to fund or finance all of these programs as there are available grants to support youth empowerment skills in the United States namely: Global Fund for Children; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Allstate Foundation; Good Sports; Ben and Jerry’s Foundation and Daniels Fund etc. It is heartwarming to learn that Madam President, Dr. Mrs. Chy Agbayi has set up a grant writing team to source funds for Enugu USA developmental initiatives.

Photo with some prominent Ndi Enugu in USA

“Our medical mission program has continued to be a model for other organizations to emulate. The proposed Enugu USA Building Project in Enugu will serve as a hub to coordinate future missions and house a modern medical clinic with hard-to-find medical equipment to diagnose common diseases.

Appreciating the leadership of Enugu USA for giving him the rare privilege to deliver the keynote address at the all-important convention, Dr. Egbo said, “it is truly heartwarming to see that Enugu-USA continues to be a glue that binds us together as brothers and sisters, a forum to connect, form alliances, learn from each other, and get inspired by each other. Let us take this bold step and put our imprints in the sands of time. Enugu State is our State of birth and all hands must be on deck to develop it.

“I encourage everyone of us, our relatives and friends to donate to the Enugu USA Building Project. Your donation will not be in vain as every donor’s name will be inscribed on the  building’s “Wall of Fame” and serve as  a permanent reminder of your role in the project as well as a complete domestication and institutionalization of our collective success in the United States. “Aku Ruo Uno, Amalu Onye Matalu ya” We can do it.”

 

Tags: Enugu StateEnugu-USAJohn Egbo
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

Scientists may have discovered shocking cause of autism

Next Post

All 61 on board dead after passenger plane crashed in fiery wreck

You MayAlso Like

News

Uchenna Okafor responds to the Asagba of Asaba’s call for a cleaner Delta State capital

August 15, 2025
News

Tinubu Imposes 7-Year Ban On Establishment Of New Federal Universities, Polytechnics, Others

August 13, 2025
News

Macron admits to France’s ‘repressive violence’ during Cameroon’s push for independence

August 13, 2025
News

Ibom Air: NBA Announces Free Legal Support for Comfort Emmanson, Asks Ibom Air to Apologise

August 12, 2025
News

Nigeria’s Aviation Minister vows to take action against release of indecent footage of passenger

August 12, 2025
News

Asagba of Asaba Receives Delta State COMTOA Taskforce DG Uchenna Okafor, Delegation

August 11, 2025
Next Post

All 61 on board dead after passenger plane crashed in fiery wreck

How Anti-Racist Demonstrators Overwhelmed Far-Right Riots in Britain

Discussion about this post

Concerns, Criticisms Cast Shadow on Reinstatement of Professor Stella Ngozi Lemchi as Vice-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku University

Degrees of Deceit? ASUU Confronts the Return of Alvan Ikoku Federal University Controversial Vice-Chancellor

The Unexplained Professorship of Stella Ngozi Lemchi, Vice-Chancellor of Alvan Ikoku Federal University

Nigeria’s Aviation Minister vows to take action against release of indecent footage of passenger

Ibom Air: NBA Announces Free Legal Support for Comfort Emmanson, Asks Ibom Air to Apologise

Nearly a Decade Later, Peter Obi’s Educational Legacy Resonates Beyond Borders

  • British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

    1239 shares
    Share 496 Tweet 310
  • Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

    1066 shares
    Share 426 Tweet 267
  • Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

    970 shares
    Share 388 Tweet 243
  • ‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

    903 shares
    Share 361 Tweet 226
  • Crisis echoes, fears grow in Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu State

    735 shares
    Share 294 Tweet 184
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

British government apologizes to Peter Obi, as hired impostors, master manipulators on rampage abroad

April 13, 2023

Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market

December 27, 2022
Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

Flight Attendant Sees Late Husband On Plane

September 22, 2023
‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

‘Céline Dion Dead 2023’: Singer killed By Internet Death Hoax

March 21, 2023
Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu, wife of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra state

NIGERIA: No, wife of Biafran warlord, Bianca Ojukwu lied – Ebele Obiano:

0

SOUTH AFRICA: TO LEAVE OR NOT TO LEAVE?

0
kelechi iheanacho

TOP SCORER: IHEANACHA

0
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

WHAT CAN’TBE TAKEN AWAY FROM JONATHAN

0

Uchenna Okafor responds to the Asagba of Asaba’s call for a cleaner Delta State capital

August 15, 2025

Super Falcons Players Yet To Receive $100,000 From President Tinubu

August 14, 2025

Again our President moves as the Nation bleeds | By Peter Obi

August 14, 2025

Tinubu Imposes 7-Year Ban On Establishment Of New Federal Universities, Polytechnics, Others

August 13, 2025

ABOUT US

Time Africa Magazine

TIME AFRICA MAGAZINE is an African Magazine with a culture of excellence; a magazine without peer. Nearly a third of its readers hold advanced degrees and include novelists, … READ MORE >>

SECTIONS

  • Aviation
  • Column
  • Crime
  • Europe
  • Featured
  • Gallery
  • Health
  • Interviews
  • Israel-Hamas
  • Lifestyle
  • Magazine
  • Middle-East
  • News
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • Russia-Ukraine
  • Science
  • Special Report
  • Sports
  • TV/Radio
  • UAE
  • UK
  • US
  • World News

Useful Links

  • AllAfrica
  • Channel Africa
  • El Khabar
  • The Guardian
  • Cairo Live
  • Le Republicain
  • Magazine: 9771144975608
  • Subscribe to TIME AFRICA biweekly news magazine

    Enjoy handpicked stories from around African continent,
    delivered anywhere in the world

    Subscribe

    • About Time Africa Magazine
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • WHO’SWHO AWARDS
    • Politics
    • Column
    • Interviews
    • Gallery
    • Lifestyle
    • Special Report
    • Sports
    • TV/Radio
    • Aviation
    • Health
    • Science
    • World News

    © 2025 Time Africa Magazine - All Right Reserved. Time Africa is a trademark of Times Associates, registered in the U.S, & Nigeria. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service.

    This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.