Chudi Okoye

ATM Interview

ACTDA MD: Awka People to Blame for Slum!

Chudi Okoye - November 26, 2019

ATM Interview with MD/CEO of ACTDA, Ven. (Barr) Amaechi Okwuosa"…They can’t eat their cake and have it."The dismal state of infrastructure in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, is a much-mentioned issue, and the focus of detailed reporting in...

Back of the Book

Options for Viable Peace in Awka

Chudi Okoye - November 25, 2019

The current leadership crisis in Awka has been long in the making, engulfing the kingship, town union and other institutions. There are ongoing court cases to settle the claims and counterclaims, and it is unclear when the legal hazard...

Front of the Book

Meditations on Awka Leadership Crisis

Chudi Okoye - November 21, 2019

Awka polity is going through a serious leadership crisis. The pursuit of power, prestige and perquisites among elite factions has led to a rupturing of local leadership institutions. This threatens Awka political stability and undermines its relevance in Anambra...

Features

Policy Failure and the Slumification of Awka

Chudi Okoye - November 19, 2019

Awka looks very much today what a capital city should not: an unprepossessing and slowly decaying municipality, trashed by its inhabitants, lacking effective local leadership, and neglected by the resident state government which makes fabulous plans for infrastructure development...

ATM Events

Awka Times Person of the Year 2019 – Dr. Okey Anueyiagu: A Profile

Chudi Okoye - November 4, 2019

By Chudi OkoyeAwka Times Magazine (ATM) is establishing a tradition of choosing and announcing, annually, the person who has the most dramatic positive impact in Awka. They could be private individuals or those in public offices. It could also...

ATM Interview

Awka Times Person of the Year Interview: Dr. Okey Anueyiagu

Chudi Okoye - November 4, 2019

By Chudi OkoyeDr Okey Anueyiagu proved to be of dramatic and phlegmatic disposition all at once. He came across as a controlled explosion, with a calm externality that belied a fiery intentionality. Awka Times editors had tracked this urbane...

Features

Want a King. Won’t Kiss His Ring!

Chudi Okoye - October 30, 2019

For millennia, Awka people rejected the idea of a sovereign chieftain. The Awka village republic existed as a segmentary society based on well-defined kinship structures. Then colonialism ensued. The evolving colonial constitutions produced at some point a House of...

Features

Daggers and Swagger in Awka Kingship Saga

Chudi Okoye - October 29, 2019

The kingship crisis in Awka has turned into a Gordian Knot. It has become a debilitating stalemate, with the contending coalitions caught in a strained balance of power. Neither coalition seems able to vanquish the other. Thus, a negotiated...

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