Nwafọ Orizu

Prince Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu  (17 July 1914 – 1999) was a Nigerian of Igbo origin who served as President of the Nigerian Senate from 1963 to 15 January 1966, during the Nigerian First Republic. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the military coup of January 1966. He was a member of the Nnewi Royal family. His nephew Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III is the current Igwe (King) of Nnewi Kingdom. Nwafor Orizu College of Education in Nsugbe, Anambra State, is named after him.

A mụrụ Orizu na 1914 n'ụlọ eze ￼Nnewi￼,￼￼Anambra State￼, na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ Nigeria, nwa Eze Ugbonyamba, Igwe Orizu I. Orizu gara United States na 1939 wee nweta akara ugo mmụta na  ọchịchị na ￼ Ohio State University￼￼ na nzere MA na ￼￼Columbia University￼.[3] ↵Ọ bụ onye na-akwado “horizontal”, usoro mmụta sara mbara nke agụmakwụkwọ America, na-emegide “Perpendicular” Britain dị warara.  usoro, wee nweta aha otutu "Orizontal", egwuregwu n'aha ya na ntụle aka na mkparịta ụka ọ na-ekwu mgbe niile banyere isiokwu ahụ.  ↵ O guzobere American Council on African Education (ACAE), nke nwetara ọtụtụ akwụkwọ nkuzi sitere na isi mmalite America maka abamuru nke ụmụ akwụkwọ Africa.[4].

N'ihe dị ka afọ 1949, Orizu zụtara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Enitona na igwe obibi akwụkwọ Enitona n'aka onye nkwado maka naanị £500, nke ọ gbaziri.  Onye ọzọ na-akwado ya rere ya ụgbọ ala okomoko na atụmatụ nkeji nkeji.  O hibere akwụkwọ akụkọ a maara dị ka The West Africa Examiner wee bụrụ onye isi njikwa, ebe ￼￼M.  C.K. Ajuluchukwu￼￼ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ.  mara ya ikpe ịga mkpọrọ afọ asaa maka ebubo na o mefuru ego ACAE n'ụzọ na-ezighị ezi.  Mana ka emechara ￼Roy Wilkins￼￼, onye isi oche ACAE na US, degara Nnamdi Azikiwe (“Zik”) leta na-ewepụ Dr Nwafor Orizu maka enweghị ego ọ bụla.[5]

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