Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) Campus Branches and the Contacts of Their Coordinators Across Nigeria

 

SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (SYNW) CAMPUS BRANCHES AND THE CONTACTS OF THEIR COORDINATORS ACROSS NIGERIA

 

 

1.      Akobundu Olumachi Stella - Abia State College of Health Sciences Management

Technology, Aba, Abia State  - 09068747662

 

2.      Chidozie Somtochukwu - Abia State University (ABSU), Abia State – 07085069289

 

3.      Solomon Oke - Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo State – 09068282313

 

4.      Olatunbosun David - Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State - 07030076059

 

5.      Uti Chiola Angela - Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Delta State – 09039358640

 

6.      Koate Nunnaa-Elbabari Maxwell - Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State -            08168527716

 

7.      Gbenga Adenegan - Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State - 09068920052

 

8.      Adebayo Iwalola - Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State            - 08088705941

 

9.      Chinwendu Chinonyerem - Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Imo State – 07063446319

 

10.  Sakinah Yusuf - Bayero University, Kano State – 09025253970

 

11.  Yusuf Opeere  - Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology, Oyo State – 09037398162

 

12.  Abdulrazak Denja Balema - Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State - 08164572925

 

13.  Nathaniel Okeke - Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa State – 08109325900

 

14.  Adebobola Victor Ademayowa - Federal University Oye, Ekiti State – 08144013365

 

15.  Onwukwe Marykate Chizoba - Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State

 

16.  Okeke Bright Chuckwuison - Imo State University (IMSU), Imo State – 08037901404

 

17.  Anowo Eniola - Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State – 09037156136

 

18.  Ademola Oluwabukola Christianah - Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State - 09018868275

 

19.  Olugbuyiro Success - University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State - 08166208300

 

20.  Henry Ndifreke - University of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – 07036776424

 

21.  Cynthia Chuckwunenye Maduekwe - University of Calabar Cross Rivers State - 08094110318

 

22.  Enitan Abdultawab - University of Lagos, Lagos State - 08144078373

 

23.  Angelica Chinecherem Nwaezuoke - University of Nigeria Nsukka, Anambra State – 08067308372

 

24.  John Osatofo Ukhuakhua - University of Benin (UNIBEN) Edo State – 08095901105

 

25.  Igboke Mishack Chinonso - Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ebonyi State – 08105135132

 

26.  Oyebode Oyewole - The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State - 09067127449

 

27.  Ademola Ayomide Miracle - Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State – 07085056806

 

28.  Abubakir Rofiat Opeyemi - Nasarawa State University, Keffi(Nsuk) – 09064642367

 

29.  Faniyi Tomiwa – Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) – 09031646187

 

To register your institution or to join your chapter, send mail to: Wole Adedoyin (SYNW President) – 08072673852 and copy Adebobola Victor Ademayowa (NSCW President) - 08144013365

Blogs of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) Book Clubs across the Country

 

BLOGS OF THE SOCIETY OF YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS (SYNW) BOOK CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

 

Ibadan Book Club – Ayobami Odunyemi - https://ibadanbookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Osogbo Book Club – Grace Godwin - https://osogbobookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Ekiti Book Club – Olamilekan Okebiorun - https://ekitibookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Abeokuta Book Club – Darasimi Adeoye - https://abeokutabookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Ilesa Book Club – Abdulhakim A. Babatunde - https://ileshabookclub.blogspot.com

 

Akure Book Club – Tunde Akingbodere - https://akurebookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Arewa Book Club – Mukhtar Musa Karami –https://arewabookclub.blogspot.com

 

Atiba Book Club – Odetola Emmanuel Ekundayo - https://atibabookclub.blogspot.com

 

Eko Book Club – Faozat Modupeola Kalejaye– https://ekobookclubonline.blogspot.com

 

Ogbomosho Book Club – Faniyi Tomiwa - https://ogbomoshobookclub.blogspot.com

 

Iseyin Book Club – Yusuff Opeere – https://iseyinbookclub.blogspot.com

 

Ilorin Book Club – Betty Ige - https://ilorinbookclub.blogspot.com

 

Ife Book Club – Shittu Misturah - https://ifebookclub.blogspot.com 

 

Young Writers Beg Soludo To Immortalize Achebe With A Writers Residency

 

YOUNG WRITERS BEG SOLUDO TO IMMORTALIZE ACHEBE WITH A WRITERS RESIDENCY

 

Young writers in Anambra State, under the umbrella of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) have begged the state Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo to immortalize the late literary icon, Late Prof. Chinua Achebe.

 

The State Cboordinator of the group, Izunna Okafor made the call at the 2022 Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture recently organized by the association in Awka, Anambra State capital.

 

Okafor, while describing the Anambra-born legendary author, Achebe, as a great literary export and pride of the state said it is unfair and unpleasant to the ear that the literary crackerjack who died since 2013 (9 years ago) does not have any single monument named after him in his homestate, despite his literary feats and legacies which the humanity and the society at large benefit from today. 

 

He regretted that the rich and the politicians are more regarded, celebrated and immortalized in Nigeria today than intellectuals, and warned that such is highly contributory to the societal malady, change in the value system, and the ever-increasing rate of crimes in the society today.

 

According to him, intellectuals, such as Achebe, should be highly regarded and celebrated, to serve as motivation to the young ones and others who wish to toe their path.

 

He re-echoed the association's earlier call on the state government to name the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, and the newly-commissioned International Conference Centre in Awka after Achebe. 

 

Okafor, an award-winning author and journalist, also urged the government to establish an international writers residency in honour of Achebe, as there are only two (privately-owned) writers residencies in the entire country.

 

He disclosed that the annual Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture, which the association initiated in 2016, and the Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology which is an international anthology of poems and essay the association publishes annually in honour of Achebe are their own little ways of immortalizing the legend; even as he called on the state government to assist in the sponsorship of the event annually and to also turn it into a full-blown tourist attraction; as the event already attracts writers and participants from different countries of the world.

 

Okafor who recalled that Anambra State has produced many great literary figures (both old and young), also urged Governor Soludo to appoint some aides on Literary Matters, to serve as a link between the government and writers in the state.

 

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the Occasion and National Vice President of Ọhaneze Ndigbo, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, described Achebe as a legend worth celebrating, and hailed Anambra young writers for initiating and sustaining the event over the past seven years and still counting. He enumerated some outstanding qualities that defined Achebe's exemplary lifestyle and personality, and advised the students to emulate the great African writer.

 

Delivering the 2022 Achebe Lecture, a veteran author and journalist, Mr. Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, who x-rayed Achebe's life and works vis-a-vis their impacts and significance, said he “lived in glory as the one-man institution who conquered the world for Mother Africa.”

 

On his own part, the MD/CEO, Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation, Sir Chuka Nnabuife said he holds Achebe and the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture to a great esteem, which, he said, has made him to miss every other event that falls in the same day with it, since the last four years now and still counting.

 

While commending the organizers, he also congratulated the writers from different countries of the world who contributed poems and essays in the 7th edition of the Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology unveiled that day at the event.

 

Themed “Literature, Intellectuals and National Development: The Achebe Model”, the well-attended event was graced by the first female Professor of Mass Communication in Sub-saharan Africa, Prof. Stella Okunna; the State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainments and Tourism, Mr. Don Onyenji; the State Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu; the Traditional Ruler of Obosi, H.R.H. Igwe Chidubem Iweka; public affairs analyst, Sir Dennis Ekemezie; and award-winning author and actor, Reginald Chinedu Ofordile, among other dignitaries.

 

Aside special presentations by schools and individuals, other highpoints of the event include recognition of the entrants for the 7th Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology, announcement of the winners of the 2022 Chinua Achebe Students Essay Competition (organised by the young writers), and the official unveiling of the 7th Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology, entitled “Achebe the Soul Brother” (edited by Izunna Okafor), among other highlights.