Background
She is the youngest daughter of the Nigerian educationist and politician D.K Onwenu.
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Onyeka Onwenu
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She worked for many years at the United Nations in New York before returning to Nigeria in 1980, where she completed the mandatory one-year National Service, at the National Tax Association, USA where she made an impact as an articulate, incisive and fearless reporter.
Career
Dubbed the "Elegant Stallion" by the Nigerian press, she is a former chairperson of the Imo State Council for Arts and Culture, and currently the Executive Director/chief executive officer of the National Centre for Women Development. Onwenu possess a Bachelor in International Relations and Communication of the Wellesley College of Massachusetts, United States of America, and a master"s degree in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research in New New York In 1984, she wrote and presented the internationally acclaimed British Broadcasting Corporation/National Tax Association, USA documentary called Nigeria, A Squandering of Riches which became the definitive film about corruption in Nigeria as well as the intractable Niger Delta agitation for resource control and campaign against environmental degradation in the oil rich region of Nigeria.
She has also served on the board of the National Tax Association, USA. On 16 September 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed her the Executive Director/chief executive officer of the National Centre for Women Development.
Achievements
Membership
A member of the People"s Democratic Party, Onwenu was in the running to become Local Council Chairman of her native Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, but was appointed Chairperson of Imo State Council for Arts and Culture by former governor Ikedi Ohakim.
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