BIOGRAPHY
April 22, 2021
Kudo as fondly called by her relations and Udo by her Husband was born into the family of Venerable Herbert Chikezie and Agnes Nwanyinna Onyenwe(both of blessed Memory) of Umulu Village, Ife Ezinihitte Mbaise on 22nd September, 1957. She is the first child of the family followed by five men and a female, Lady Chinanuekpere Nwannayadi Inyama.
She Started her primary School in 1963 in her father’s station at onicha combined in Ezinihitte Mbaise where he was the Headmaster. Soon after her father enrolled into Trinity Theological College, Umuahia, in 1964, Young Kudo was relocated to Ife Central School and then to Amumara Central School which she attended from her maternal home and finally to St. John’s School, Osina in Ideato North LGA in 1967 where the father served as the first Priest after deaconate ordination.
She was at Osina throughout the Nigerian Civil War and in 1971 she gained admission into St. Catharines Girls’ Secondary School, Nkwerre where she passed out in Division II in 1975. She passed TEDRO, an exam that qualifies for admission into Nursing Schools in 1976. Her parents hid the result, not wishing her to be a Nurse. She also gained admission into Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos to do Higher School in 1976. Her parents were reluctant due to distance. She also gained admission into Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu in 1976 to study Maths/Chemistry Education for NCE. Her Parents also denied her and preferred TTC Ogbor Nguru, reason being that IMT is not a University.
After one(1) year in training at TTC, she gained admission into Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri in 1978 where she passed out in Distinctions, grabbing the graduation prizes for Best Student in Integrated Science and Professor Ukeje’s prize for Best Student in Educational Administration in 1981.
She did her NYSC at Lafiagi Teachers’ College in Edu Local Government of Kwara State and recognized as Best Corper in the LGA in 1987. She pursuedher degree course at University of Nigeria Nsukka and came out in First Class honours in 1987. She started her M.Ed and got married to her husband, Mr. Godwin Chijioke Anyanwu in 1990. She had provisional scholarship of the commonwealth Nations in 1990 but it was denied her because she had a 3 Weeks old baby, her daughter and that Guidance and Counselling can be studied here in Nigerian Universities at Ph.D Level.
Following challenges of non-payment of salaries as at and when due of teachers in Imo State Government School System, Akudo dust off her certificates and sought for job in greener pasture. By the Special grace of God, her credentials were accorded due recognition and this fetched her better job with the Department of State Services and she became the pioneer vice Principal Academics for the organisation’s Community Secondary School in Asokoro, Abuja in 1998.
When the organization trained her professionally in 2001, she became an instructor in the organization’s Training School in Lagos in 2006. She has served in various states and positions including Abuja, Akwaibom, Lagos, Rivers and Anambra State where she retired as Assistant Director of Security, Admin and Logistics in 2017. She also earned the name “ Mama Anambra Command”.
While she was in Lagos, she was nominated for the Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 2011, which she made through Italy in Rome, and to Isreal to Mt Sinai in Egypt where she experienced the Bible in practical terms. Also, while in Lagos, inspite of the challenges of the job, Akudo seized the opportunity to grab a PhD in Counselling Psychology of the Lagos State University.
Akudo is survived by her husband and five children, six siblings, Nephews and Grandchildren. Her motivation emanated from an absolute trust in God to surmount all challenges, laced with obedience, humility, perseverance, patience and hardwork.
In the Church Circles, she became a chorister at age of 12 at St. John’s Church, Osina, a practice she held up in Christ Church, Owerri, 1989 until the a married nursing mother stopped her. While away in various stations, she has played significant roles in the Anglican Church where she worships. She was admitted into Girls’ Guild in 1997 and Mothers’ Union in 1998. She was among Women Executive in the Churches and gave talk to women during their meetings at abuja and Lagos where she was given an Archdeaconry Award for her contribution in the Church.
Chimaobim Chijioke-Anyanwu(Son)
For the Family
She Started her primary School in 1963 in her father’s station at onicha combined in Ezinihitte Mbaise where he was the Headmaster. Soon after her father enrolled into Trinity Theological College, Umuahia, in 1964, Young Kudo was relocated to Ife Central School and then to Amumara Central School which she attended from her maternal home and finally to St. John’s School, Osina in Ideato North LGA in 1967 where the father served as the first Priest after deaconate ordination.
She was at Osina throughout the Nigerian Civil War and in 1971 she gained admission into St. Catharines Girls’ Secondary School, Nkwerre where she passed out in Division II in 1975. She passed TEDRO, an exam that qualifies for admission into Nursing Schools in 1976. Her parents hid the result, not wishing her to be a Nurse. She also gained admission into Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos to do Higher School in 1976. Her parents were reluctant due to distance. She also gained admission into Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu in 1976 to study Maths/Chemistry Education for NCE. Her Parents also denied her and preferred TTC Ogbor Nguru, reason being that IMT is not a University.
After one(1) year in training at TTC, she gained admission into Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri in 1978 where she passed out in Distinctions, grabbing the graduation prizes for Best Student in Integrated Science and Professor Ukeje’s prize for Best Student in Educational Administration in 1981.
She did her NYSC at Lafiagi Teachers’ College in Edu Local Government of Kwara State and recognized as Best Corper in the LGA in 1987. She pursuedher degree course at University of Nigeria Nsukka and came out in First Class honours in 1987. She started her M.Ed and got married to her husband, Mr. Godwin Chijioke Anyanwu in 1990. She had provisional scholarship of the commonwealth Nations in 1990 but it was denied her because she had a 3 Weeks old baby, her daughter and that Guidance and Counselling can be studied here in Nigerian Universities at Ph.D Level.
Following challenges of non-payment of salaries as at and when due of teachers in Imo State Government School System, Akudo dust off her certificates and sought for job in greener pasture. By the Special grace of God, her credentials were accorded due recognition and this fetched her better job with the Department of State Services and she became the pioneer vice Principal Academics for the organisation’s Community Secondary School in Asokoro, Abuja in 1998.
When the organization trained her professionally in 2001, she became an instructor in the organization’s Training School in Lagos in 2006. She has served in various states and positions including Abuja, Akwaibom, Lagos, Rivers and Anambra State where she retired as Assistant Director of Security, Admin and Logistics in 2017. She also earned the name “ Mama Anambra Command”.
While she was in Lagos, she was nominated for the Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 2011, which she made through Italy in Rome, and to Isreal to Mt Sinai in Egypt where she experienced the Bible in practical terms. Also, while in Lagos, inspite of the challenges of the job, Akudo seized the opportunity to grab a PhD in Counselling Psychology of the Lagos State University.
Akudo is survived by her husband and five children, six siblings, Nephews and Grandchildren. Her motivation emanated from an absolute trust in God to surmount all challenges, laced with obedience, humility, perseverance, patience and hardwork.
In the Church Circles, she became a chorister at age of 12 at St. John’s Church, Osina, a practice she held up in Christ Church, Owerri, 1989 until the a married nursing mother stopped her. While away in various stations, she has played significant roles in the Anglican Church where she worships. She was admitted into Girls’ Guild in 1997 and Mothers’ Union in 1998. She was among Women Executive in the Churches and gave talk to women during their meetings at abuja and Lagos where she was given an Archdeaconry Award for her contribution in the Church.
Chimaobim Chijioke-Anyanwu(Son)
For the Family