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70-629: Uturu is a town located within latitudes 05.33°N and 06.03°N, in the northern part of Abia State , Nigeria . It is in the transition from rural to urban status, so it is witnessing many development activities. It is popularly known as a location for several educational institutions and the Marist Brothers community. Schools in Uturu include Abia State University , Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Uturu , Gregory University , and several post-secondary schools. The population of Uturu has been growing at
140-665: A 9,000 capacity multipurpose International Conference Centre in Umuahia. This edifice of international standard was built by Governor T.A Orji , to enhance tourism as well as boost the state economy, through hosting of major International and Local events. Representing 27% of the GDP, agriculture – which employs 70% of the state workforce – is the second economic sector of Abia. With its adequate seasonal rainfall, Abia has much arable land that produces yams , maize , potatoes , rice , cashews , plantains , taro , and cassava . Oil palm
210-570: A high concentration of medium-scale manufacturing clusters in the city of Aba . With its fast growing population and industrialization, Abia has the joint-eighth highest Human Development Index in Nigeria. Abia State occupies about 4902 square kilometres. It is bounded on the north and northeast by the states of Enugu for about 25 km, and Ebonyi for 70 km (43 miles), Cross River State for about 52 km (partly across Cross River) and Akwa Ibom State for 151 km (94 miles) to
280-483: A high rate over decades, until the last decade. Its present population is over 40,000. It has archaeological importance -in 1977 a team of archaeologists discovered signs of the habitation of early, middle, and late Stone Age Homo erectus . Uturu is divided into two regions, Ihite and Ikeagha. Ihite comprises Achara and Mba Ugwu (Ugwu-Ogu, Umu-Anyi, Ugwu-Ele, Ngodo , Amegu, Obi-Agu, Nnembi and Aro). Ikeagha comprises Isunabo, Akpukpa, Umumara, Nvurunvu, and Ndundu. In Uturu
350-460: A man and wearing traditional ritual wear. While the men in the community understood what those techniques and tactics meant, the British did not because they were outsiders. As such, the event appeared to be "crazy acts by hysterical women," thus calling the events riots. Scholars have argued that calling the event "Aba Riots" de-politicizes the "feminist impetus" as well as frame the events through
420-462: A modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas. Abia State
490-496: A part of Enugu state to create Ebonyi state in 1996). The state capital is Umuahia while the largest city and commercial centre is Aba . Abia is the 32nd largest state by area and the 27th most populous with an estimated population of over 3,727,347 as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the Niger Delta swamp forests in the far south and the drier Cross–Niger transition forests with some savanna in
560-508: Is a list of Languages of Abia State organised by the LGA: The State Government is led by a democratically elected Governor who works closely with members of the state's House of Assembly . The capital city of the state is Umuahia . and there are 17 local government areas in the state. At statehood in 1991, Abia was ruled by Ibrahim Babangida -appointed Military Administrator Frank Ajobena before Ogbonnaya Onu
630-685: Is also available in the state very effective. Aba is connected to Port Harcourt by rail. Umuahia is connected to Aba and Enugu by rail. The coastal parts of the State are equally accessible using boats and canoes. Federal Highways are; Other major roads includes; The residents of Abia state are predominantly Christians . Umuahia Catholic Diocese (1958) [1] with 70 parishes is under Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong (2022) [2] and Aba Diocese (1990) [3] with 90 parishes under Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (2019) [4] , both suffragans of Owerri Archdiocese. The Aba Province of Anglican Church of Nigeria led by Archbishop Isaac Nwaobia (2019) comprises
700-418: Is from late November to early February. In Aba, the rainy season is warm and cloudy , the dry season is hot and largely gloomy, and the climate is uncomfortable all year long. The average annual temperature ranges from 68 °F to 88 °F, with occasional exceptions when it falls below 61 °F or rises over 91 °F. Since Aba experiences so small seasonal temperature variations, talking about
770-599: Is intense between the months of April through October. The most important rivers in Abia State are the Imo and Aba Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom State. Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) deals with the collection, storing, treatment and disposal of solid waste , to ensure that it does not affect humans, living things and the environment at large. There are factors that influences
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#1732772592900840-531: Is made up of seventeen (17) Local Government Areas . They are: Tourist destinations include: Women%27s War The Aba Women's Riots of 1929 ( Igbo : Ogu Umunwanyi ; Ibibio : Ekong Iban ) were a period of unrest in colonial Nigeria in November 1929. The protests broke out when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District , Umuahia and other places in southeastern Nigeria traveled to
910-537: Is the archeological site of Ngodo , in which was found a huge collection of stone-age implements, suggesting that the site was a major factory for such tools. Uturu has a large university community, It hosts two primary universities of higher/tertiary education - Abia state university and Gregory University. Abia State University is one of the state owned universities in Nigeria. These state academic institutions were created to expand admissions and bring professional skills, expertise and modern research facilities close to
980-400: Is the most important cash crop . There are over 100 oil wells and 3 installed flow stations in Abia State. There is also an associated gas plant, Abia/NNPC gas plant. As of 2012, boundary Commission said it returned 42 oil wells from neighbouring Rivers State to Abia. This would have meant Abia was r fourth largest oil-producing state in the country. Oil giant, Shell , holds most of
1050-607: The All Progressives Congress and Alex Otti of APGA to be sworn in as Governor for a second term on 29 May 2019. In Abia State, 70 percent of politicians belong to the PDP. In 2023, Alex Otti of the Labour Party Nigeria (LP) emerged as the eleventh governor of the state having defeated the candidate of the PDP in a fiercely contested race. The electoral system of each state is selected using
1120-673: The Lagos Market Women's Association , Nigerian Women's Party , and Abeokuta Women's Union . There was also an "elaborate system of women's market networks" which the Igbo and Ibibio women used to communicate information to organize and coordinate during the revolt. In actuality, the emergence of the Aba Women's War was long in the making. Colonial rule in Nigeria altered the position of various Nigerian women in their societies. Women had been traditionally allowed to participate in
1190-535: The Municipal solid waste generation such as income level, local climatic condition, urbanization and economic development. MSW in Aba, Abia State is classified into; In recent times, it was reported that aba and Umuahia generates up to two hundred and seventy truckloads of domestic and commercial waste daily. This information was made known to the public by Governor Alex Otti during his inauguration speech after taking
1260-495: The Murtala Muhammed regime. Fifteen years afterwards, Imo State was divided with eastern Imo being broken off to form the old Abia State; but in 1996, part of Abia's northeast was removed to form a part of the new Ebonyi State . Economically, Abia State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas along with agriculture, mainly cultivation of yams , maize , taro , oil palm , and cassava . It has
1330-537: The 1910s, women in Agbaja stayed away from their homes for a month in protest due to suspicions among them that some men had been secretly killing pregnant women. Their collective absence pushed village elders to take action to address their concerns. In 1924, 3000 women in Calabar protested a market toll that was imposed by the colonial authorities. In Southwestern Nigeria, there were other female organizations such as
1400-465: The March of Grand-Bassam the method of sitting on a man was also used when a man got his girlfriend arrested after she put his RDA card into her underwear. Women then invaded the courts and when threatened by police began to dance and take their clothes off: a method used as a powerful form of resistance. The nakedness of women in many African and Sahelian communities was considered a taboo that indicated
1470-596: The National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba, a federally-owned inter-university centre for the study and development of Nigerian Languages. The nearest airport to Abia is Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport (Owerri Airport), it is an hour drive to Umuahia and Aba . It is two hours' drive to Port Harcourt International Airport . Akwa Ibom Airport ( Akwa Ibom State ) can also serve would-be visitors. The distance between Uyo ( Akwa Ibom ) and Umuahia (Abia) is: 73.28 kilometres (45.53 mi). The rail transport
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#17327725929001540-674: The Oloko women invited other women (by sending leaves of palm-oil trees) from other areas in the Bende District, as well as from Umuahia and Ngwa . They gathered nearly 10,000 women who protested at the office of Warrant Chief Okugo, demanding his resignation and calling for a trial. The leaders of the protest in Oloko are known as the Oloko Trio: Ikonnia, Nwannedia and Nwugo. The three were known for their persuasion, intelligence and passion. When protests became tense, it
1610-1156: The State has complained of poor funding from its oil revenue federal allocation. Aside oil and gas deposits, the following solid minerals are also found across Abia State: There are six universities in the state: the federal-owned Michael Okpara University of Agriculture at Umudike , the state-owned Abia State University in Uturu , the privately-owned Gregory University in Uturu , Rhema University in Aba , Spiritan University in Umu Nneochi , Clifford University in Owerrinta , and Nigerian British University in Asa. Other higher institutions of learning includes: Uma Ukpai Polytechnic, Asaga-Ohafia, Abia State College of Education (Technical) in Arochukwu , Abia State College Of Health Sciences and Management Technology in Aba , Temple Gate Polytechnic in Aba , Abia State Polytechnic and
1680-684: The Tax Protests of 1938, the Oil Mill Protests of the 1940s in Owerri and Calabar Provinces and the Tax Revolt in Aba and Onitsha in 1956. On two occasions district officers were called and local military and paramilitary forces ordered to break up the protests. During these occasions, at least 50 women were shot dead and 50 more wounded. The women themselves never seriously injured anybody against whom they were protesting, nor any of
1750-590: The Umuahia Diocese (1958) with 70 parishes under Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong (2022) and Aba Diocese (1990) with 90 parishes under Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (2019), both suffragans of Archdiocese of Owerri. Crude oil and gas production is a prominent activity, as it contributes over 39% of the State's GDP . However, the indigenous oil companies – through the Marginal Fields Programme (MFP) – have not found it easy to attract
1820-455: The Warrants," i.e. following them everywhere and anywhere, was very popular with the women in Nigeria, and used to great effect. Through the choice of clothing, the use of body language and choice of song, drew attention to the role and status of women in Nigeria, particularly in protecting the good of the land. Other men in the village rarely came to their rescue and would say that they brought
1890-455: The baton of government from the former governor, Okezie Ikpeazu . Aba experiences a warm and gloomy wet season as well as a scorching and oppressive dry season. The temperature rarely drops below 61 °F (16 °C) or rises over 91 °F (33 °C) throughout the entire year, fluctuating between 68 and 88 °F (20 and 31 °C). The beach/pool score indicates that the best time of year to visit Aba for hot-weather activities
1960-461: The city and rural dwellers, and have helped talented students to obtain higher education. 5°51′21″N 7°30′43″E / 5.85583°N 7.51194°E / 5.85583; 7.51194 Abia State Abia State ( Igbo : Ọra Abia ) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria . The state is bordered to the northwest by Anambra State and to the northeast by
2030-513: The colonial government that they would not to be required to pay taxes. Faced with a halt in their political demands, the women settled that they would not pay taxes nor have their property appraised. On the morning of November 18, Emereuwa arrived at Nwanyereuwa's house and approached her, since her husband Ojim had already died. He told the widow to "count her goats, sheep and people." Since Nwanyereuwa understood this to mean, "How many of these things do you have so we can tax you based on them", she
2100-469: The colonial troops. The last soldiers left Owerri on the 27 December 1929, and the last patrol in Abak Division withdrew on 9 January 1930. By 10 January 1930, the revolt was regarded as successfully suppressed. Throughout late December 1929 and early January 1930, more than thirty collective punishment inquiries were carried out. It is generally believed, according to Nina Mba, that this event marked
2170-690: The confederacy was defeated in the early 1900s by British troops in the Anglo-Aro War . After the war, the British incorporated the area into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which later merged into British Nigeria ; after the merger, Abia became a centre of anti-colonial resistance with the Women's War that started in Oloko . After independence in 1960, Abia was part of the post-independence Eastern Region until 1967 before
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2240-692: The east and southeast respectively, Rivers State to the south and west for 87 km (54 miles), Imo State and Anambra to the west for to the west in the vicinity of the Imo River) for about 18 km and about 104 km respectively. The southernmost part of the State lies within the Niger Delta Swamp Forests , while the rest of the state, lies within the Cross–Niger transition forests . The southern portion gets heavy rainfall of about 2,400 millimetres (94 in) per year and it
2310-649: The elites the opportunity to engage in social actions. As a result of the protests, the position of women in society was greatly improved. In some areas, women were able to replace the Warrant Chiefs. Women were also appointed to serve on the Native Courts. After the Women's war, women's movements were very strong in Ngwaland, many events in the 1930s, 40s and 50s were inspired by the Women's War, including
2380-433: The end of December 1929, when colonial troops restored order, ten native courts were destroyed, a number of others were damaged, houses of native court personnel were attacked, and European factories at Imo River , Aba , Mbawsi, and Amata were looted. Women attacked prisons and released prisoners. But the response of the colonial authority was also decisive. By the time order was restored, about fifty-five women were killed by
2450-486: The end of Kalu's term in 2007, Theodore Orji ( PPA ) defeated Onyema Ugochukwu (PDP) in the 2007 gubernatorial election , to become Abia's next Governor. In 2011, Theodore Orji defected from the PPA to the PDP before being re-elected for another four-year term later that year. In 2015, Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP) was voted in as the ninth Governor of Abia State. Four years later, he won re-election , defeating Uche Ogah of
2520-536: The end of the women's activities because the new administration under Governor Donald Cameron took into account some of the women's recommendations in revising the structure of the Native Administration. Thus, the Women's War is seen as the historical dividing point in British colonial administration in Nigeria with far reaching implications. The Women's War was also instrumental in marking the rise of gender ideology, offering women who were not married to
2590-415: The force of power women had to stop the malfeasance. When it came to the Warrant Chiefs, along with singing and dancing around the houses and offices, the women would follow their every move, invading their space and forcing the men to pay attention. The wives of the Warrant Chiefs were often disturbed, and they too put pressure on the Warrants to listen to the demands of the women. This tactic of "sitting on
2660-430: The forces who broke up those protests. The event goes by many different names, including (but not limited to) Aba Women's Riots of 1929, Aba Women's War, and The Women's Market Rebellion of 1929. It is usually referred to as the "Aba Women's Riots of 1929" because that was how it was named in British records. The women utilized protest techniques that were traditional and specific to their communities, such as sitting on
2730-545: The governance of the local region and held a major role in the marketplace as well. Men and women also worked collaboratively in the domestic sphere and were recognized both to have important individual roles. Women also had the privilege of participating in political movements due to the fact that they were married to elites. The colonial authorities saw these practices as "a manifestation of chaos and disorder", and they attempted to create political institutions which commanded authority and monopolized force. While they considered
2800-510: The ground for the introduction of direct taxation due to take effect in April 1928. Direct taxation on men was introduced in 1928 without major incidents, thanks to the carefully planned actions during the preceding twelve months. In September 1929, Captain J. Cook, an assistant District Officer , was sent to take over the Bende division temporarily from the serving district officer, a Mr. Weir, until
2870-401: The history of the emergence of African nationalism. Nwanyereuwa played a major role in keeping the protests non-violent. She was advanced in age compared to many who led the protests. Under her advice, the women protested in song and dance, "sitting" on the Warrant Chiefs until they surrendered their insignia of office and resigned. As the revolt spread, other groups followed this pattern, making
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2940-536: The home of the man in question, insulting his manhood, and destroying anything that he would characterize as a prized possession. Women would gather at the compound of the man in question and sing and dance while detailing the women's grievances against him. The women would often bang on his hut, demolish it, or plaster it with mud. Actions like mistreating his wife or violating women's market rules were punishable by being "sit on." If necessary, these practices were continued until he repented and changed his ways. During
3010-485: The hot and cold seasons isn't very helpful. Abia State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria, and has about seventeen Local Government Areas , out of the 774 Local Government Areas that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria . Abia State was created on the 27th of August 1991, during the government of General Ibrahim Babangida . The State is located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. Abia state
3080-557: The indigenous peoples of the South-eastern part of Nigeria, make up 95% of the population. Their traditional language, Igbo , is in widespread use. Ibibio is spoken as a minority language, especially in Arochukwu English is also widely spoken and serves as the official language in governance and business. In Abia State over 3 million people are mainly Christians . According to there are 689,668 Catholics (2020) in
3150-613: The licenses for the wells in the State, and has concentrated on the estimated 50 wells that are considered high-yield. The state produced 36,000 barrels of crude oil per day; "Imoturu produces 23,000 barrels per day and Isimili flow station produces over 8,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Then four oil wells in Izaku go to Obigo flow station. About 30 oil wells from my village go to Umuri, and about eight oil wells from Umurie go to Afam", said Samuel Okezie Nwogu, Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing Development Area Commission (ASOPADEC). However,
3220-518: The local administration. The announcement of Cook's intention to revise the nominal roll was made to a few chiefs in Oloko Native Court and the counting began about October 14, 1929. The women of Oloko suspected that the enumeration exercise was a prelude to the extension of direct taxation, which had been imposed on the men the previous year. Women were already burdened with supporting their families and helping men pay their taxes. Because
3290-582: The major primary source for studying the revolt is the Report of the Aba Commission of Inquiry. After the revolt, Madam Okezie emerged as founder and leader of the Ngwa Women's Association and working for the rest of her life to support women's rights in Nigeria. A major tactic in the protests was what is known as "sitting". Scholars like Glover have noted that men who did not value women, risked
3360-524: The next four weeks in the Ogu Umunwanyi or Women's War of 1929. From November to December, women from Owerri to Calabar looted factories and destroyed Native Court buildings and properties along with the property of members of the Native Court. The Aba Women's War was sparked by a dispute between a woman named Nwanyeruwa and a man, Mark Emereuwa , who was helping to make a census of
3430-533: The nine Dioceses of Aba led by Bishop Christian Ugwuzor (2011), Aba Ngwa North (2007) led by Bishop Nathan Kanu (2009), Arochukwu/Ohafia led by Bishop Johnson Onuoha , Ikwanuo led by Bishop Chigozirim Onyegbule , Isiala Ngwa led by Bishop Temple Nwaogu , Isial-Ngwa South (2007) led by Bishop Isaac Nwaobia , Isikwuato (2005) led by Bishop Manasses Chijiokem Okere (2013), Ukwa (1994) led by Bishop Samuel Kelechi Eze (2004), and Umuahia led by Bishop Geoffrey Obijuru Ibeabuchi (2019). [5] Below
3500-475: The people living in the town controlled by the Warrant, Okugo. Nwanyeruwa was of Ngwa ancestry and had been married in the town of Oloko . In Oloko, the census was related to taxation, and women in the area were worried about who would tax them, especially during the period of hyperinflation in the late 1920s. The financial crash of 1929 impeded women's ability to trade and produce so they sought assurance from
3570-443: The political institutions headed by Igbo men, they ignored those of the women, effectively shutting them out from political power. The colonial authorities believed that this patriarchal and masculine order would establish a moral order throughout the colony. The women became increasingly dissatisfied with colonial rule because of increased school fees, corruption by native officers, and forced labor. The event that ultimately led to
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#17327725929003640-411: The possibility of being shunned and sat on by those who felt normalcy had to be restored within their society. " Sitting on a man " or "making war on a man" was a long-held tradition used as the women's main weapon when faced with injustices in their society. Scholars like Green (1964), Judith Van Allen (1976), and Monday Effiong Noah (1985) have noted that some methods used by Aba women were: surrounding
3710-544: The region was split and it became part of the East Central State . Less than two months afterwards, the former Eastern Region attempted to secede in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War with Abia as a part of the secessionist state of Biafra . At the war's end and for the reunification of Nigeria, the East Central State was merged as one until 1976 when Imo State (including now-Abia) was formed by
3780-459: The requisite funding and infrastructural capacity, to explore some of the marginal oil fields which are about 50 in the State. The manufacturing sector only accounts for 2% of the GDP . The industrial centre of the state is in Aba , with textile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals , soap , plastics , cement , footwear , and cosmetics . In addition to the above, Abia State Government has just built
3850-507: The rest of the State. Other important geographical features are the Imo and Aba Rivers which flow along the Abia's western and southern borders, respectively. Modern-day Abia State has been inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, but it is predominantly inhabited by the Igbo people . In the pre-colonial period, what is now Abia State was a part of Arochukwu -based Aro Confederacy before
3920-544: The return of Captain Hill from leave in November. Upon taking over, Cook found the original nominal rolls for taxation purposes inadequate because they did not include details of the number of wives, children, and livestock in each household. He set about revising the nominal roll. This exercise brought the colonial authorities into direct conflict with women in Eastern Nigeria and was the catalyst for fundamental change in
3990-519: The revolt or why they could not stop the women. The women were able to transform "traditional methods for networking and expressing disapproval" into powerful mechanisms that successfully challenged and disrupted the local colonial administration. The women's protests were carried out on a scale that the colonial authorities had never witnessed in any part of Africa. The rebellion extended over six thousand square miles containing all of Owerri and Calabar Provinces, home to roughly two million people. Until
4060-585: The revolt to be seen as violent. Madam Mary Okezie (1906–1999) was the first woman from her Igbo clan to gain a Western education and was teaching at the Anglican Mission School in Umuocham Aba in 1929 when the women's revolt broke out. Although she did not participate in the revolt, she was very sympathetic to the women's cause. She was the only woman who submitted a memo of grievance to the Aba Commission of Inquiry (sent in 1930). Today,
4130-419: The states of Enugu and Ebonyi , Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the southeast, and Rivers State to the south. Abia is the only Southeastern state that has boundaries with the other four Southeastern states in Nigeria. It takes its name from the acronym for four of the state's most populated regions: Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, and Afikpo (Afikpo was later joined with
4200-579: The town of Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs , whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government. The protest encompassed women from six ethnic groups (Igbo, Ibibio, Andoni, Ogoni, Efik, and Ijaw). It was organised and led by the rural women of Owerri and Calabar provinces. The modus operandi of the protests involved ' sit-in ' by the women. During the events, many Warrant Chiefs were forced to resign, and 16 Native Courts were attacked, most of which were destroyed. It
4270-537: The transition to democracy in 1998. In 1999, Nigeria returned to democracy, and Orji Uzor Kalu was elected governor on the platform of the People's Democratic Party . Consequently, he was sworn in on 29 May 1999. In 2003, when it was time for fresh elections, Kalu re-contested on the platform of the PDP and got a second mandate to govern (the Constitution of Nigeria limits Governors to two terms in office). At
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#17327725929004340-527: The war was the introduction of direct taxation. In April 1927, the colonial government in Nigeria took measures to enforce the Native Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance. A colonial resident, W. E. Hunt, was commissioned by the lieutenant governor of Nigeria to explain the provisions and objects of the new ordinance to the people throughout the five provinces in the Eastern Region. This was to prepare
4410-401: The women did not have political power within the patriarchal system under colonial rule, they utilized collective action to communicate their dissatisfaction. On December 2, 1929, more than ten thousand women demonstrated at Oloko, Bende, against the enumeration of men, women, and livestock by the acting district officer. This event at Oloko was to spread to most parts of the Eastern Region within
4480-459: The women's protest a peaceful one. Other groups came to Nwanyeruwa to get in writing the inspirational results of the protests, which, as Nwanyeruwa saw them, were that "women will not pay tax till the world ends [and] Chiefs were not to exist any more." Women of Oloko and elsewhere brought money contributions to Madam Nwanyeruwa for helping them avoid paying taxes. Unfortunately, many women rioted and attacked Chiefs, destroying their homes and causing
4550-584: The wrath of women onto themselves. The first commission of enquiry occurred in early January 1930, but was met with little success. The second inquiry, called the Aba commission, met in March 1930. The commission held public sittings for thirty-eight days at various locations in the Owerri and Calabar Provinces and interviewed 485 witnesses. Of this total number of witnesses, only about 103 were women. The rest consisted of local men and British administrative officials who were either called to explain their role in
4620-665: Was elected governor later that year under the Third Nigerian Republic . Onu governed for nearly two years before Sani Abacha ended the Third Republic and reinstated full military rule. Under the Abacha regime, three more Military Administrators ( Chinyere Ike Nwosu , Temi Ejoor , and Moses Fasanya ) were appointed before Abacha's death and the accession of Abdulsalami Abubakar . Abubakar appointed one more Military Administrator, Anthony Obi , before starting
4690-424: Was angry. She replied by saying "Was your widowed mother counted?," meaning "that women don't pay tax in traditional Igbo society." The two exchanged angry words, and Emeruwa grabbed Nwanyeruwa by the throat. Nwanyeruwa went to the town square to discuss the incident with other women who happened to be holding a meeting to discuss the issue of taxing women. Believing they would be taxed, based on Nwanyeruwa's account,
4760-519: Was created out of Imo State, and the two sister states share boundaries. Abia State is known as one of the constituent states of the Niger Delta region. The state has its capital at Umuahia while the commercial city of the state is Aba. Abia State is also referred to as God's own state . The name "Abia" is an abbreviation of four of Abia state's densely populated regions Aba , Bende , Isuikwuato , and Afikpo . The Igbo people , who are one of
4830-466: Was often these three who were able to deescalate the situation, preventing violence. However, after two women were killed while blocking roads as a form of protest, the trio was not able to calm the situation there, the police and army were sent to the town. Due to her contribution to the Women's War, Madame Nwanyeruwa is and still remains the name that comes up when bringing up the history of militancy of women in Nigeria and has been said to be linked to
4900-518: Was the first major revolt by women in West Africa . In 1930 the colonial government abolished the system of warrant chieftains, and appointed women to the Native Court system. These reforms were built upon by the African women and have been seen as a prelude to the emergence of mass African nationalism . There was a long history of collective action by women in Nigeria prior to the revolt. In
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