Janeth Ubawuchi was an industrious woman from Nigeria who lived from 1930 to 2006. She had seven children with her husband and helped build properties and the first story building in their village. After the Nigerian Civil War, she farmed and sold her harvest to support her family. She vowed to educate all her children, selling her clothes and jewelry. She worked hard her whole life to support her family through various business ventures. She passed away in 2006 and had a well-attended funeral due to her respected character.
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Janeth Ubawuchi was an industrious woman from Nigeria who lived from 1930 to 2006. She had seven children with her husband and helped build properties and the first story building in their village. After the Nigerian Civil War, she farmed and sold her harvest to support her family. She vowed to educate all her children, selling her clothes and jewelry. She worked hard her whole life to support her family through various business ventures. She passed away in 2006 and had a well-attended funeral due to her respected character.
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Janeth Ubawuchi was an industrious woman from Nigeria who lived from 1930 to 2006. She had seven children with her husband and helped build properties and the first story building in their village. After the Nigerian Civil War, she farmed and sold her harvest to support her family. She vowed to educate all her children, selling her clothes and jewelry. She worked hard her whole life to support her family through various business ventures. She passed away in 2006 and had a well-attended funeral due to her respected character.
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Mrs Janeth Ubawuchi was originally from Ndenwaru , Akanu Item , Abia State Nigeria , the daughter of Chukwu Mmaju . She was married to chief Clement Ubawuchi in about the year 1954/5 and they lived in Kano , Northern Nigeria "ERIMEAGWUGWU" as she was fondly called by his numerous admirers was a very industrious women . She had seven children - Gordy , Emeka , Uzoamaka , Ngozi , Mary , Peter(Iyke) and Paul (Chuddy) . Her industriousness led to her and her husband building properties in Kano State and theb first storey buildind in Umuofor. Shortly after the dawn of the Nigerian CIVIL WAR (1967 - 1970) , she came back to the Eastern Nigeria with her children . No sooner she came back than she hired labourers to cultivate yarn and cassava and the harvest the next year was bountiful . Her resillience brought her plenty of respect among other woman and men beyound Umuofor . This also led to her jingering her husband to build the first storey building in Umuofor . She was not educated but vowed that all her children must be educated . She sold her clothes and her jeweleries to put he children ttrough school . In 1972 , her husband who was working in the ECN (Electric company ) was transfered to ENUGU and urged her and the children to relocate there . This they did and she started selling food items at Ochanja market Enugu . In 1974 , they came back to the village . Mrs Janeth was never a passive woman , she got a contract in Community Secondary School Eziama Obiato , Imo State to supply Akara and Akamu to the students in the burden house in 1978 . She defied death in 1979 , when she got hit by a car into the gutter in front of Alvan Ikoku & college of education Owerri , she was a faith woman (Anglican church mother) . Her children are all well established & living with their families in different parts of the world . Gordy(Texas , USA) Dr Emeka(Manchester , England) , Uzoamaka(Owerri , Imo state) , Ngozi and mary (married) , (Ps Iyke - Johannesburg , South Africa)(Engr Chudi , Onitsha, Nigeria . Janeth refused to partake in the Owu festival and refused to recognise the Ekenjiaba(the Python Snake God) . Janeth Ubawuchi lived to be 76 years old and passed away in October 17th 2006 and was given one of the best funeral; attended by multitudes(clergy men and others) . During every mothers day in Christ Church Umuofor in her days , while all the attention were focused on the mothers , she comes out with her popular song for the fathers "NDI BU NNA NWERE OLU HA" meaning that the fathers are also important . They are the providers of the family , and the agents of procreation . The mothers day will never be the same again without her . THE OFFICAL PAGE OF FORTUNE UBAWUCHI FORTUNE UBAWUCHI MALE GRADE 2 LEARNER TOWNSVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA I love WWW.E SMACKDOWN. my favourite wrestler is JOHN CENA . I love BEN 10 , my big brother's name is BRIAN UCHE UBAWUCHI and my younger brother brother's name is CLINTON UBAWUCHI . My dad is the founder / senior pastor of Johannesburg International Church . I want to be an accountant when i grow up . My mum's name is Grace and she is the president of SISTAS OF GRACE .