Dr. Chief Ojimba Chinyeremaka Christian

Dr. Chief Ojimba Chinyeremaka Christian is a professionally trained Educationist, a community leader of great repute and a politician. He taught in many public and private schools both in Anambra State of Nigeria and also in Kano State before joining the services of the Federal University of Education, Kano in 2006. Dr. Chief Ojimba C. C. was born into the family of late Chief Benjamine Ezekwobe Ojimba and Ezinne Bernedette Alakwe Ojimba of Umuagbuchi Eziama Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State – Nigeria. He is the second son of his late father. He was brought up in the village setting of Umuagbuchi Eziama Uli. He started his primary school very early in life at Eziama Uli Community Primary School, when the school was in the hands of the community, but later changed to St. Gregory’s Primary School, Eziama Uli, Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. This time, the school remain under the control of Catholic Mission of Orlu Diocese. Having finished his primary and secondary school in the village at his town in Uli in the East Central State of Nigeria, Dr. Chief Ojimba C. C. left home to come to Kano to serve as the Depot Manager of Dike Industries Limited, Kano in 1992 and thereafter decided to stay and reside in Kano city, the capital of Kano State. He was the Chairman of Uli Progressive Union, Kano for over 15 years before they organized an investiture/award ceremony and crowned him Patron. In Kano, he was the former Chief Sergeant-at-arm of Igbo Community Association under the leadership and good watch of Chief (Dr.) Boniface Ibekwe, who later became the Eze Ndigbo Kano (traditional ruler of the Igbo in Kano). Dr. Chief Ojimba C. C. later won election as the Assistant Secretary General of Igbo Community Association, Kano, a position he held before contesting for 2003 Local Government Area Councillor election of Kano State, as the first All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate. It was during this period of his election that the former Biafra Warlord, Dim Emeka Ojukwu came to Kano to campaign for his election at the popular Ado Bayero Square in Sabon Gari, but unfortunately, the Kano State Government cancelled the election and put it on hold. Dr. Ojimba C. C. was the Prefect-General of UB82, a class of secondary school mates who finished in 1982 at Uli High School and formed an Association that binds and holds them together as one indivisible family and elected Dr. Chief Ojimba C. C. Prefect-General in 2009 till 2 January, 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Association when they elected a new Prefect-General and organized a befitting award ceremony in honour of him termed an Award of Long Service.