December 03, (THEWILL) – Last week, Chioma Ajunwa added another feather to her cap when she was honoured by a non-governmental organisation, the Mbaise People’s Congress (MPC). It was during the celebration of the organisation’s annual professionals’ ball where professionals of Mbaise extraction in Imo State, who have distinguished themselves in their different fields of endeavour are recognised and honoured for making their marks in their profession.
A former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ajunwa retired from the Nigeria Police Force four months ago after 35 years of meritorious service. The first female Olumpic gold medalist in Nigeria, she is also the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. Ajunwa was not the only indigene of Mbaise who was honoured. Other honourees at the auspicious event themed ‘The University of Mbaise (Ejiri mara Mbaise) So long! How long?’ included Ikechukwu Amaechi, Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of ‘TheNiche’ newspaper; Dr. Anthony Okechukwu Ojukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (NHRC); Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, a development specialist, an advocate against domestic violence and founder of Project Alert among several others. The MPC has over the years assumed a life of its own and has become the most important local recognition accorded to successful sons and daughters of Mbaise nation by the people themselves.
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