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Jihar Anambra jiha ce dake yankin kudu maso gabashin Najeriya.[1] An kafa jihar a ranar ashirin da bakwai 27, ga watan Augustan,shekarar dubu ɗaya da ɗari tara cassa'in da ɗaya 1991.[2] Jihar Anambara ta hada iyaka da Jihar Delta daga yamma, Jihar Imo daga kudu, Jihar Enugu daga gabas, sai Jihar Kogi daga arewa.[3]
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| Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Najeriya | ||||
| Babban birni | Awka | ||||
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| Faɗi | 5,527,809 (2016) | ||||
| • Yawan mutane | 1,141.17 mazaunan/km² | ||||
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Dangane da kidayar jama'a na shekara ta dubu biyu da shida 2006, akwai mazauna garin fiye da miliyan hudu da dugo daya 4.1 a Jihar Anambra.[4] An kafa jihar ne a shekarar alif dari tara da saba'in da shida (1976) daga tsohuwar Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya. An sanyawa jihar suna bayan rafin Kogin Anambra.[5][6] Babban birnin jihar itace Awka, birnin da ke samun yawaitar jama'a da kimanin mutum miliyan dari uku 300,000 zuwa miliyan uku 3 a tsakanin shekara ta dubu biyu da shida 2006 da shekarar dubu biyu da ashirin 2020. Birnin Onitsha, birni mai dumbin tarihi mai tashar jirgin ruwa a lokacin mulkin mallaka na turawa, wanda ya kasance har yau muhimmin cibiyar kasuwanci a jihar.[7]
Ana mata inkiya da "Fitilar Kasa" (wato "Light of the Nation"). Jihar Anambra itace jiha ta takwas a yawan jama'a a Najeriya, duk da cewa an musanta hakan sosai, bisa la'akari da cewa Birnin Onitsha ta kai kimanin miliyan 5 ta fuskar yawan a shekara ta dubu biyu da sha tara 2019.[8] Akwai tarin al'umma masu yawa a Anambra, duk da cewa itace ta biyu a karancin girma.[9][10] Yankin da aka sani a matsayin Anambra a yau ta kasance tushen cigaba na yankuna da dama tun a karni na 9 (bayan rasuwar Yesu), wanda ta hada Masarautar Nri, wacce babban birni ta itace mai dumbin tarihi na Igbo-Ukwu. Mafi akasarin mazauna Anambra Inyamurai ne.[11][12] A yau, Jihar Anambra ta kasance babban birni,[13] Kuma ta dauki matakai da dama na rage talauci.[14]
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An kikiri sunan Anambra ta hanyar haɗe kalmomin Anam da branch. Anam wata alqarya ce a yankin Omambala kuma ƙabilar Inymaurai na ƙarshe da turawa suka riska yayin da suke haurawa zuwa kudancin Najeriya ta hanyoyin ruwa. A da ana kiran yankin Anambra a yau da suna 'Anam branch' (reshen Anam) na kusa da makwabtansu na Arewa. Hakan ta sa Anam da sauran alkaryun dake kewaye da ita suka zamo kananan hukomomi a lokacin da aka bata Jiha. A yanzu Anam na yankin ƙaramar hukumar Anambra ta Yamma tare da Olumbanasa.
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Tarihin Anambra ya faro ne tun daga ƙarni na tara 9 Bayan mutuwar Yesu, kaman yadda tsaffin ma'adanai suka nuna a yankin Igbo-Ukwu da Ezira. Suna da ayyuka kyawawa da dama na sarrafa karafa, murjani, azurfa, tagulla da kuma laka. Akwai tarihin tsarin sarauta na musamman a yankin, wanda ta fara a yankin Anambra tun daga c. 948 AD har zuwa 1911. A wasu birane kamar Ogidi da sauransu, iyalai marasa karfi da dukiya na iya gadon sarauta na tsawon ƙarni da dama.[15][16]
Turawan Burtaniya sun amince da wasu daga cikin waɗannan sarakunan na gargajiya a tsarin mulkinsu na mulki da ba na kai tsaye ba, na yankin mulkin mallakarsu ta Kudancin Najeriya. A farkon karni na sha tara 19, sun nada wasu daga cikinsu matsayin shugabannin yanki kuma suka basu ikon karban haraji da sauran matsayi.
Anambra na daga cikin yankin Inyamurai da ta shiga cikin tawayen da ya jawo kafa Jamhuriyar Biyafara a 1967, bayan rashin jituwa da Arewacin Najeriya. A lokacin yakin yakin Najeriya da Biyafara tsakanin (1967–1970), injoniyoyin Biyafara sun gina wani dan filin jirgin sama a birnin Uli/Amorka (wacce ake wa lakabi da "Annabelle"). Ta wannan filin jirgi ne wasu kasashe kamar Sao Tome da sauransu ke kawo wa yankin Biyafara agaji na abinci, magunguna da sauransu. Ta wannan tashar jirgi ne sojojin sama na Amurka kamar Alex Nicoll da makamansu ke kawo akayi agaji da dama ga al'ummar Biyafara.[17]
Don tsananin kyamar wahalhalu da koke-koken matuwa na mutane da dama a yankin Biyafara ta sanadiyyar yunwa, hadi da cigaba da tozarta yankunan kasar da sojojin saman Najeriya ke yi yasa Carl Gustaf von Rosen ya ajiye aiki a matsayin sojan sama mai kai agajin gaggawa na Red Cross. Ya taimakawa 'yan Biyafara wajen samar da tawagar sojojin sama na mutum biyar da jiragen Malmö MFI-9 a yankin filin jirgin sama dake Uga. Ya sanyawa wannan tawagar suna "Babies of Biafra" don tunawa da jarirai da suka mutu da yunwa a Biayafara.[18][19][20]
An kafa tsohuwar Jihar Anambra a shekarar alif dubu daya da dari tara da saba'in da shida 1976 daga sashin Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya, wacce babban birninta ke Enugu. A shekarar dubu daya da dari tara da cassa'in da daya 1991, sauyin tsari yasa an raba Jihar Anambra zuwa jihohi biyu, Jihar Anambra da kuma Jihar Enugu. Babban birnin Anambra itace Awka.[21]
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Birane da yankun gudanarwa
Jihar Anambra na samun ruwan sama na kimanin kashi biyu da dugo biyu 2.2% a duk shekara, mafi akasarin mutanen jihar na zaune ne a birane. Ta kasance daga cikin jihohin da suka fi kowacce habakar birane a Najeriya.
Muhimman biranen Jihar Anambra sune Onitsha, kamar biranen Okpoko, Ogbaru; Nnewi, da kuma Awka, wato babban birnin jihar. Biranen Awka da Onitsha sun cigaba tun kafin zuwan turawan mulkin mallaka. Awka itace cibiyar masana'antu na daular Nri. Onitsha kuma birnin jiha ce a Neja, inda ta cigaba a matsayinta na tashar jirgin ruwa da kuma cibiyar cinikayya.
Onitsha birnin kasuwanci ce dake habaka cikin sauri, kuma ta cigaba ta zamo mashahuriyar birni da kai har yankunan Idemili, Oyi da ƙaramar hukumar Anambra ta Gabas, da kasuwar ta dake ɗaya daga cikin manyan kasuwanni Nahiyyar Afurka ta kudu.
Sauran muhimman birane a Anambra sun hada da: Abagana, Abba, Abacha, Umueri, Abatete, Achalla, Achina, Adazi Ani, Adazi-Enu, Adazi-Nnukwu, Agukwu, Aguleri, Agulu, Aguluezechukwu, Aguluzigbo, Ajalli, Akpo, Akpu, Akwaeze, Akwukwu, Alor, Amaetiti, Amansea, Amanuke, Amaokpala, Amawbia, Amesi, Amichi, Amorka, Anam, Anaku, Atani, Awa, Umueri, Awba-Ofemili, Awgbu, Awka-Etiti, Awkuzu, Azia, Azigbo, Ebenator Ozulogu, Ebenebe, Ekwulobia, Ekwulumili, Enugwu-Adazi, Enugwu-Agidi, Enugwu Aguleri, Enugwu Ukwu, Ezinifite, Ezinihite, Eziowelle, Ezira, Ichi, Ichida, Ideani, Ifitedunu, Ifite-Ogwari, Igbakwu, Igbariam, Igbedor, Igbo-Ukwu, Ihembosi, Ihiala, Ikenga, Inoma, Iseke, Isuaniocha, Isulo, Isuofia, Lilu, Mbosi, Mgbakwu, Mmiata Anam, Nando, Nanka, Nawfia, Nawfija, Nawgu, Ndikelionwu, Ndi-okpaleke, Ndiukwuenu, Nibo, Nimo, Nise, Nkpologwu, Nkpor, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Neni, Nnobi, Nnokwa, Nsugbe, Nteje, Nzam, Oba, Obeledu, Obosi, Ochuche-Umuodu, Ogbunike, Ogbunka, Ogidi, Ojoto, Okija, Oko, Okpeze, Omasi, Omogho, Omor, Onneh, Ora-Eri, Oraifite, Oraukwu, Orsumoghu, Ossomala, Osumenyi, Owerre-ezukala, Owelle-Olumbanasa, Ozubulu, Ubuluisiuzor, Ufuma, Uga, Ugbenne, Ugbenu, Uke, Ukpo, Ukpor, Ukwalla-Olumbanasa, Ukwulu, Uli, Umuanaga, Umuawulu, Umuchu, Umudioka, Umueje, Umuerum, Umueze Anam, Umuoba Anam, Umudora Anam, Umumbo, Umunnachi, Umunankwo, Umunya, Umunze, Umuoji, Umuomaku, Umuona Unubi, Odekpe-Oluumbanasa, Utuh,Odeh-Olumbanasa, Igbokenyi Olumbanasa, Odomagwu-Olumbanasa, da kuma Allah/Onugwa-Olumbanasa.
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Jihar ta haɗa iyaka da Jihar Delta daga yamma, Jihar Imo da Rivers daga kudu, Jihar Enugu daga gabas da kuma Jihar Jihar Kogi daga arewa. Jihar ta samo asalin sunanta ne daga Kogin Anambra wacce ke kwarara a yankin kuma ta kasance reshen ne na Kogin Neja.
Inyamurai ne mutanen asali na jihar (wanda ke da kashi casa'in da tara 99%) da 'yan kwararan mutane wadanda ke amfani da wasu harsunan kuma mafi yawancinsu na zaune ne a yankin arewa maso yammacin jihar.[22]
Jihar Anambra itace ta takwas a yawan mutane a Najeriya kuma itace ta biyu a cushewar jama'a bayan jihar Lagos (jiha). A duk nisan kilomita arba'in da biyar 45km tsakanin yankuna akwai kwauyukan da ƙananan birane dake zaune a daji wanda ya baiwa mutanen yanki matsakaicin cushuwar jama'a na kimanin dubu daya ɗari biyar zuwa dubu biyu 1,500–2,000 na mutane duk tafiyar kilomita square.[23]
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Jihar Anambra na da arzikin man fetur, gas, bauxite, da ceramic.[24] Tana da kaso akalla ɗari 100 na kasan noma.
Jihar Anambra na da wasu albarkatun da suka shafi noma da kiwo kaman kiwon kifi da noma, da kuma amfani da dabbobi wajen noma da kuma kiwo.
Fetur da gas
A shekara ta dubu biyu da shida 2006, anyi bikin tunawa da matatar mai na 'yan kasuwa na farko a Najeriya, Orient Petroleum Refinery (OPR), wacce akayi a yankin Aguleri.[25] Gwamnatin tarayya ta bai wa kamfanin Orient Petroleum Resource Ltd (OPRL) na mai kamfanin OPR lasisin gina matatar man fetur mai iya tace barrel 55,000 a duk rana (~7,500 t/d).
Acikin shekara ta dubu biyu da sha biyu 2012, bayan kokarin da gwamna Peter Obi yayi tare da sauran masu hannun jari a kamfanin Orient Petroleum, Jihar Anambra ta zamo jiha mai samar da man fetur da kanta a Najeriya. Kamfanin man na Anambra na tsotso man fetur daga kwarin Kogin Anambra.[26]
A ranar biyu 2 ga watan Augustan a shekarar dubu biyu da sha biyar 2015, kamfanin Orient Petroleum Resources Plc ta sanar cewa tana shirin ƙara yawan man fetur da take samarwa da barrel 3000 a duk rana zuwa watan Satumba na shekarar dubu biyu da sha biyar 2015, saboda ta fara sabon aiki a sabbin rijiyoyin mai a yankin filayen mai na Aguleri. Wani kamfani na mutanen garin Nails and Stanley Ltd, na shirin samar da matatar gas a Umueje dake karamar hukumar Ayamelum don tallafawa harkokin tattalin arziki da kuma ma'aikatun mai da gas a jihar.[27]
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Noma na daga cikin muhimmin sashin tattalin arziki a Anambra. Manja, Masara, Shinkafa da rogo na daga cikin kayan da ake nomawa a yankin. Kamun kifi na daga cikin muhimman al'amurra a jihar.
Kamfanin da ya fara ƙera ababen hawa a Najeriya Kamfanin Innoson na nan a yankin Nnewi na Jihar Anambra.[28][29][30]
Mutane daga kowanne sako na Yammacin Afurka na halartar kasuwar Onitsha don cinikayya, wanda hakan na ƙara bunƙasa tattalin arzikin jihar, kuma ya sanya ta daya daga cikin manyan biranen kasuwanci na Afurka.[31][32]
Anambra ta kasance cibiyar kirkire-kirkire ce, kere-kere, da samarwa. Akwai kirkire-kirkire da dama a Anambra, a sanadiyyar ilimi wanda hakan ya kara wa jihar yawan kudin shiga.
Fitar da albarkatun noma daga yankin Jihar Anambra ya karawa jihar kudaden shiga, a shekara ta dubu biyu da sha bakwai 2017, an samun kimanin miliyan $5 a sanadiyyar fitar da ganyen yakuwa.[33]
Akwai tarin man fetur da gas a Najeriya, da yankin Anambra Basin da ke tarin mai na dubu daya 1000 trillion cubic da ba'a tsotso ba. Jihar na da rijiyoyin mai fiye da guda 13 a Anambra. Jihar Anambra na da ikon tace akalla barrel 100,000 a rana, yayinda matatun mai na gida watau Orient Petroleum, da kuma Sterling Oil Exploration and Production Co. LTD (SEEPCO) suke aikin taxewa.[34]
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Anambra na da hanyoyi masu kyau zuwa wasu jihohin Najeriya. Kogin Neja ya haɗa Onitsha da sauran tashoshin jirgin ruwa na Port Harcourt a Jihar Rivers da Bururu da Warri a Jihar Delta. Akwai gadar Neja ta biyu a Onitsha wanda ake kan ginawa.[35]
Tun karshen shekarun dubu ɗaya da ɗari tara da cassa'in 1990, an samu yawaitar hijira daga kauyuka zuwa birane, wanda hakan yasa biranen Anambra suka cika makil da mutane: kusan kaso sittin da biyu 62% na mutanen ƙasar na zaune ne a birane.
UNESCO sun lissafo Ogbunike Caves[36] a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wuraren tarihi na duniya.[37] ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin wurin tarihi da akafi ziyara a Jihar Anambra. An kasa ta cikin jerin kogunan sandstone (Lateritic na shekarun Campanian-Miocene).[38] Kogon Owerre Ezukala da makwararan ruwa (waterfall) sun kasance wuraren ziyara a jihar.[39] Ana daukar wadannan koguna a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan koguna a Afurka.[40][41]
Wurin tarihi na Igbo-Ukwu:[42] wata tsohuwar hari ce da tayi kaurin suna a kere-kere karafuna kyawawa; masu ziyara na cigaba da zuwa don ganin kere-keren tagulla.
Jihar Anambra na da nau'oin abinci iri-iri, wanda suka hada da farar miya mai yaji na mutanen China, hamburger, sharwarma da kuma shahararriyar miyan onugbu.[43][44]
Cocukan Jihar Anambra sun haɗa da cocukan Catholic, Anglican da Pentecostal. Cocin Catholic cathedral baban coci ne dake yankin 13B New Nkisi Rd, GRA 434106, Onitsha. Shi kuma cocin Anglican Cathedral coci ne dake GRA 434106, Onitsha.
A Jihar Anambra akwai cocukan Pentecostal da dama waɗanda suka haɗa da: God Church,[45] Redeemed Church,[46] House on the Rock, Dominion City,[60] Dunamis, Winners' Chapel, da kuma cocin Christ Embassy.
Anambra tayi fice a fannin ilimin zamani a Najeriya, musamman a fannin kimiyya da fasaha. A shekara ta dubu biyu da sha takwas 2018, dalibai biyar daga makarantar sakandare na Regina Pacis Model,[47] Onitsha, sun lashe kyautay zinare a wani gasar World Technovation Challenge da akayi a Silicon Valley, San Francisco.[48]
- The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, wacce ke da asibitin koyarwa na zamani a Nnewi da reshe a Umunya[49] and Ukpo. Akwai sashin phamasy a Agulu, a makarantar Preliminary studies dake Mbaukwu, da kuma kwalijin noma.
- Jami'ar Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, wacce akafi sani da Anambra State University, wanda ake kira a da da, Anambra State University of Science and Technology (ASUTECH), mai haraba biyu, daya a Uli, da wani a Igbariam[50][51][52]
- Federal Polytechnic, Oko[53]
- Jami'ar Nwafor Orizu (wanda aka sani da Nwafor Orizu College of Education), Nsugbe[54]
- Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze
- Anambra State Polytechnic,wanda aka sai da Anambra State College of Agriculture, Mgbakwu[55]
Makarantu masu zaman kansu
- Tansian University, Umunya[56]
- Godfrey Okoye University.[57]
- Madonna University, Okija[58]
- Paul University, Awka[59]
- Legacy University, Okija[60][61]
- St Peter's University, Achina da haraba a birnin Onneh[Ana bukatan hujja]
- The UA College of Science & Technology Isuofia[62]
- The University of America College of Science and Technology.[63]
- Grundtvig Polytechnic, Oba[64]
- Buckingham Academy of Management and Technology, Ogidi[65]
- Onit College of Education, Mbaukwu[66][67]
- Access International School Anambra.
Awka itace babban birnin jihar, kuma itace cibiyar masana'antu karfe da sarrafawa a Najeriya.
Akwai masu ilimi da dama dangane da sauran kasashen Najeriya. Daliban jihar cin lashe kyautuka da dama na gasar kasa da duniya baki daya. Wannan abun la'akari ne dangane da sauran jihohin Najerya.[68][69][70][71] Daliban dake shiga makarantun firamare da sakandare na da yawa a yankin.[72] A kwannan, Jihar Anambra ta fidda dalibai mafi yawa da zasu rubuta jarabawar JAMB a Najeriya. A tsakanin shekarun 2011/2012 zuwa 2014, dalibanta sun sami mafi kyawun sakamako a jarabawar WAEC da NECO.[73][74]
Makarantun sakandare na kwana na jihar Anambra na daga cikin ingantattun makarantu a Najeriya. Gwamnatin jihar ta mayar da hankali sosai a ingancin ilimin sakandare.[75][76]
Za'a iya alakanta siysar Anambra a matsayin mai canza. An samu rikice-rikice iri-iri kafin ƙarni na ashirin da ɗaya 21, an sama rudani da yawa a jihar. Sanadiyyar cewa ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a tarihin Najeriya, sai yasa ake kiran ta da "Hasken Ƙasar Najeriya" (The Light of The Nation). A ranar 29 May 1999, an rantsar da Chinwoke Mbadinuju a matsayin gwamnan jihar na farko, bayan mulkin soja na tsawon lokaci. Gwamnatinsa ta sama matsaloli daban daban: wanda sukayi fice sune, rike albashin malaman makaranta, wanda ya janyo yajin aikin malaman sakandare na duka makarantun jihar.[77]
Kafin mulkin Mbadinuju, karatun sakandare kyauta ne a jihar. Gwamnatinsa ta wajabta biyan naira dubu uku 3,000 a duk term a daukakin makarantun sakandare na jihar, wanda hakan ya jawo zanga zanga a yankuna da dama na jihar. Mutane suna alakanta gazawar mulkin Mbadinuju da iyayen gidansa; wanda ya gaje shi ma ya sha fama da iri wadannan matsaloli. A ranar ashirin da shida ga watan Mayu shekarar dubu biyu da uku 2003 ne, aka rantsar da Chris Ngige a matsayin gwamnan jihar, amma an tsige shi a shekarar ta dubu biyu da shida 2006, bayan dan takarar APGA, Peter Obi ya maka shi kara a kotu akan magudin zabe. Kotun Enugu ta yanke hukuncin cewa nasarar zabe da Ngige yayi ya kasance ta hanyar magudi kuma ta umurce shi da ya bar kujerar.[78]
Wani sashe na majalisar dokokin Jihar Anambra ta kori Obi inda ta musanya shi da mataimakin shi Virginia Etiaba,[79] A ranar 9 Febrerun 2007 ne, Etiaba ya maida ikon gwamnati ga Obi, bayan kotu ta haramta cire Obi da akayi.[80]
A ranar 14 ga watan Aprelu 2007 ne, aka sake zaben Peter Obi don komawa makaminsa a wa'adi na biyu, bayan adawa mai zafi a aka tafka da Chris Ngige tare da tsohon gwamnan Bankin Najeriya Charles Soludo da kuma Andy Uba, wani mai fada aji a jihar.[81][82] Sauran 'yan takara sun hada da; Mrs Uche Ekwunife, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu da dai sauransu. 'Yan takara mutum ashirin da biyar 25 suka fito zaben, an tabbatar da Obi a matsayin gwamna bayan yayi nasara da kaso 30% daga na biyunsa. An rantsar da Willie Obiano a ranar 17 March 2014 matsayin gwamnan jihar bayan ya ci zabe a ranar 16 ga watan Nuwamban 2013. An sake rantsar da Willie Obiano a matsayin gwamna a karo na biyu a ranar sha bakwai 17 March 2018 bayan yayi nasarar lashe zabe a ranar 18 November 2017.[83][84] Daga nan an mika wa Charles Soludo kujerar gwamnan Jihar Anambra wanda yayi nasara a ranar 17 March 2022.[85][86]
- Professor Chinua Achebe – native of Ogidi and best known for the classic, Things Fall Apart; first African writer whose books are standard curricula in schools and universities across the world[87][88]
- Chidi Okeke.
- Igwe Nnewi.
- Godfrey Okoye.[89]
- Henry Ndukuba.
- Daniel Akpeyi.
- Alex Iwobi.
- Lynda Chuba.
- Adaeze Igwe.[90]
- Chimamanda Adichie – writer, won the Orange Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008)
- Dora Akunyili – ex-head of NAFDAC and former (17 December 2008 – 15 December 2010) Minister of Information won international awards for cleansing Nigeria of the scourge of fake drugs
- Emeka Anyaoku – first black secretary-general of the Commonwealth and recipient of South Africa's Order of the Companions of Oliver Reginald Tambo for his role in initiating talks between the apartheid state and the African National Congress
- Cardinal Francis Arinze – once considered a potential Pope
- Ukpabi Asika – political scientist and administrator from Onitsha; East Central State administrator[91] during and after the Nigerian Civil War[92]
- Nnamdi Azikiwe Owelle of Onitsha – first president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria[93][94]
- Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy MBE – London-based artist; first black artist to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; one of the UK Women of the Year in 2002 and 2003; represented the UK at the Council of Europe; in 2009 she was made an MBE
- Chief Oliver De Coque – popular Nigerian highlife musician and guitarist
- Professor Kenneth Dike – pre-eminent scholar of African History and native of Awka; first indigenous vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan and founder of the National Archives
- Cyprian Ekwensi – MFR, writer of international repute
- Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme – from Oko town; politician; architect; first executive vice-president of Nigeria, serving 1979–1983[95][96][97]
- Philip Emeagwali – winner of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for Supercomputing
- Bonaventure Enemali – commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy
- Professor Ben Enwonwu – native of Onitsha; first Nigerian sculptor of international repute with artwork gracing the United Nations headquarters[98]
- Ken Erics – multi-award-winning Nollywood actor, producer, CEO of KEN ERICS Productions, writer and occasional musician
- Ezego – entrepreneur who allegedly amassed wealth through dubious and diabolical means[99]
- Chukwuemeka Ezeife – former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential Adviser on Political Matters to President[100][101]
- Flavour (Chinedu Okoli) – popular singer and songwriter
- Cletus Ibeto – industrialist and businessman from Nnewi
- Chukwuemeka Ike – writer of many books including Toads forSsupper, Bottled Leopard, and Expo 77;[102] hails from Ndikelionwu in Anambra State; was the traditional ruler Ikelionwu XI; first registrar of the West African Examination Council
- Godwin Maduka – doctor, businessman, philanthropist, founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center
- Hon. Ifeanyi Chudy Momah[103] – lawyer and legislator; Honorable Member representing Ihiala in the Federal House of Representatives
- Ebube Muonso – religious leader[104]
- Emeka Nwokedi – conductor and music director
- Professor Humphrey Nwobu Nwosu – professor of political science; former NEC chairma; conducted the freest, fairest and most credible election so far in Nigeria
- Oseloka H. Obaze (born 1955) – diplomat, politician and author[Ana bukatan hujja]
- Professor Chike Obi – mathematician famous for his work on non-differential equations; won the 1985 ICTP Prize[105] and developed a special solution for Fermat's Last Theorem;[106]
- Lieutenant-General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor – appointed as military advisor, Assistant Secretary General Office of Military Affairs, UN Office of Peacekeeping Operations, New York; previously served as commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Artillery Brigade in Liberia in 1996 and 1997
- Emeka Offor – chairman of Chrome Group[107]
- Dim Emeka Ojukwu – native of Nnewi, the leader of the secessionist Biafra Republic[108][109]
- Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu – native of Nnewi; first Nigerian millionaire and first president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange
- Dr. Senator Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (1941–2003) – native of Ogbunike; president of the Senate of Nigeria[110][111]
- Professor Uche Okeke – native of Nimo; one of the foremost Nigerian fine artists; founder of the Uli movement
- Chief P.N. Okeke-Ojiudu – politician and Businessman and the first minister of agriculture in the Nigerian first republic
- Pius Okigbo, CON[112] – world-renowned economist; first economic advisor to the Federal government of Nigeria (1960–1962); first Nigerian Ambassador to the European Community; renowned for bringing to light over $12 billion missing in oil windfall receipts from the Central Bank of Nigeria during the first Gulf War
- Amobi Okoye – youngest American football player to play for the NFL (2004), currently a free agent
- Professor Samuel Okoye – black Africa's first PhD in Radio Astronomy; with Antony Hewish of the University of Cambridge, discovered the radio source of Crab Nebula neutron star
- Chinyere Stella Okunna – first Nigerian female professor in mass communication
- Azuka Okwuosa – former Anambra State Commissioner for Works and Transport
- Azikiwe Peter Onwualu – former director general and chief executive officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council
- Chi Onwurah – British Labour Party politician, elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, becoming the first female British MP of African origin
- Allen Onyema - Chairman of Air Peace
- Oscar N. Onyema – OON, chief executive officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and chairman of Central Securities Clearing System
- Nwafor Orizu – hails from Nnewi, Nnewi South; first Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria[113]
- Osita Osadebe – popular Nigerian highlife musician; holds the Nigerian record for the highest selling album
- P-Square (Peter and Paul Okoye) – identical twins and Afro-R&B giants
- Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo – famous economist who spearheaded Nigerian economic reform from 1999 to 2008; ex-head of the Central Bank of Nigeria
- Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, 1903 – died Leicester, England, 1964) – ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria; later a Cistercian monk at Mount Saint Bernard Monastery in England; Pope John Paul II beatified him in 1998
- Fabian Udekwu (1928–2006) – professor of surgery and trailblazer of open heart surgery in Africa
- Chief Jerome Udoji – from Ozubulu;[114] social reformer; first African to be made a District Officer by the Colonial Administration
- Chuka Umunna – British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Streatham constituency
- Tessy Okoli.
- Kathleen Okafor. Professor of property and commercial law.
- Peter Cardinal Okpaleke.[115]
- Anam
- Uli, Anambra
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