Red Cross, ADU Health Committee train 60 volunteers in First Aid ahead of Awba-Ofemili Health Campaign - ITREALMS

The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigerian Red Cross, in collaboration with the Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee, has concluded First Aid training for 60 volunteers, reports ITREALMS.

They comprised 50 students and 10 teachers of Community Secondary School, Awba-Ofemili.

ADU launches Awba-Ofemili health awareness campaign 2026, sets Sept. 17 for community intervention - ITREALMS

The Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee has launched the Awba-Ofemili Health Awareness Campaign 2026, unveiling a broader community health initiative aimed at promoting preventive healthcare, disease awareness, early detection, health education and healthy living across Awba-Ofemili in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, reports ITREALMS.

The campaign, themed “Beyond Elu-Ulee (Buruli Ulcer): Building a Healthier Awba-Ofemili,” is scheduled for Thursday, 17 September 2026, at the Civic Centre, Awba-Ofemili, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Meet ADU Candidates 2024: ITREALMS collaborates with Awba-Ofemili Chatroom - ITREALMS

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The international multiple award-winning, ITREALMS Media group, is collaborating with Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom to organise a week-long ‘Meet ADU Candidates 2024’ on social media for the forthcoming Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) general elections aspirants, reports ITREALMS.

At press time, Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom boosts of hundreds of indigenous membership from the rice producing community in Awka-North of Anambra State, both locally and in diaspora, whereas ITREALMS is a media entity with clouts in the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to entrench digitalSENSE in the society.

Brief history of Awba-Ofemili - ITREALMS

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Awba-Ofemili is a town in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The town has an estimated population of 15,978 according to the 2006 Nigerian Census. Awba-Ofemili has eight villages, each of which made up small communities of kindreds.

The eight villages in Awba-Ofemili today include Umuokpe, Umuchibu, Ezike, Akpana, Enugwu-Agu, Umuosite, Enugwu, Umuezeavu.

HRH Igwe Ezekwesili Maduagwuna,
Ofemili 1 of Awba-Ofemili

Awba-Ofemili is about 30kilometers (km) from Awka, the capital city of Anambra State. Like most towns in Awka-North, Awba-Ofemili’s climate and soil conditions are favorable to farming, especially for rice mass production.