About Us

The Amuvi Development Group (ADG) was inaugurated on June 2020, by the then President General (PG), Amuvi Welfare Union (AWU) Mazi Ikechukwu Okafor.

• Widespread unemployment for many qualified persons
• Organised training for skills and craftmanship was not existent
• Water supply was in a poor state, the scheme installed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), had failed and was causing continuous environmental degradation over some years.
• Electricity supply was drastically inadequate as three of the five transformers were faulty and always failing. Power supply was only available for about three hours a day, otherwise, it might not be available for days.
• National electricity generation capacity is drastically limiting the power rationed to remote villages and towns in the country such as Amuvi and Arochukwu.
• Security was poor as there were no security persons on guard duties for regular security patrol in the village.
• The exisiting Federal Government Health Centre was abandoned.
• Youth migration to other cities starved the agricultural manpower leading to widespread hunger and high food prices in the village

• Designed in June 2020
• Formation of committees for the design and implementation of appropriate projects.
• The committees are to suggest, choose, plan and implement the necessary projects which are the building blocks in the strategic road linking Amuvi from its present situation to our desired strategic developed state as the goals are achieved.
• Set ground rules to guide our internal and external operations.

• Education & Training Programme for over seventy youths for the training and empowerment of our youths in various trades and crafts was launched in January 2021. It was kicked off with a 4- day inaugural and orientation from 4 January 2021. It was kicked off with a 4-day inaugural and orientation from 4th to 7th January in which sixty-one youths faithfully attended.
• Twenty four youths completed their apprenticeship in November 2022 and March-April 2022. Nine youths were empowered in February 2023.
• Received Federal Government support in our Electricity projects through the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in the repairs of our faulty transformers. The first repaired transformer was fully recommissioned into operations in May 2022.
• Repairs and replacement of cables and other accessories in our transformer substations
• Procured a new transformer which is being installed
• The Amuvi Water Scheme installed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2010, for the first time received a comprehensive and holistic repair and maintenance between 2020 and 2021, ten years after commissioning
• The backflow problem on the overflow line, which caused a non-stop 24 x 7 environmental degradation over many years, was stopped on December 19, 2020
• Two new pumps were purchased and put into operations in 2021. Currently seting up an effective and sustainable maintenance scheme
• Designed an effective, efficiant and remarkable village-wide water distribution network from the well pumps. Our progress stalled due to lack funds as the project requires a minimum of $40,000.00 (forty thousand US dollars)
• Produced two sets of Ground Rules, to guide Internal and external activities of committees of ADG to aid corporate governance. They serve as comprehensive guidelines for Amuvi community projects and our team meetings respectively.
• Formed and have been exploiting concrete partnerships for youth training with the Federal Government Industrial Training Fund (ITF). Which we are very thankful for their investments.

• Mazi Dr Okoro Chima Okereke – Chairman UK
• Mazi Ume Dennis Igboko – Vice Chairman USA
• Nye-Mazi Uju Nd-Ezuma – Secretary Nigeria
• Ugwuaro Dr Azubuike Okoro – Member Nigeria
• Mazi Prof Gibson Okorafor – Member Nigeria
• Ugwuaro Mazi Jude Nwosu – Member Nigeria
• AdaMazi Ijeoma Okoronkwo – Treasurer Nigeria
• Mazi Barrister Eddy Igboko – Legal Adviser Nigeria
• Mazi Godfrey Oti – Member UK
• AdaMazi Dr Mrs Ijeoma Onyeador – Member UK
• AdaMazi Mrs. Vera Culley – Member (from January 2021) UK
• Mazi Dr. Cyril Orji – Member USA
• AdaMazi Ngozi Onyeador-Azuogu – Member USA
• Mazi Kingsley Okereke – Member USA
• Mazi Sunny Charles Onyeador – Member USA
• Mazi Chris Okugo – Member (AFNA President) USA
• Mazi Valentine Emesih – Member USA
• Mazi Dr. Sunny Lemmy Okoroji – Member USA
• Mazi Ikechukwu Okafor PG – AWU Non-Voting, Nigeria
• Mazi Uche Uwah – 1st VP, AWU Non-Voting, Nigeria
• Mazi Enyinnaya Okoro – SG-AWU, Non-Voting, Nigeria