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Akumazi, in Ika East Local Government Area - both towns in the Anioma region of Delta State. Inspired by the Nigerian nationalist, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, who was the first Nigerian to study in the US, Elumeze arrived in the US in 1948. The West African Pilot reported on the send off party held in his honor where he was urged to represent his community honorably. He attended the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he obtained a bachelor's in Political Science. Subsequently, he earned his master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a postgraduate student, he helped to found an African students' association. His return to Nigeria in 1956 was also documented in the West African Pilot, and upon his visit to his hometown, a parade was held in his honor together with a 21 gun salute. He took up a career with the Federal Government Civil Service, working in the ministries of Education, Labor, Commerce & Industries before retiring as Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Establishments. He also served as the pioneer Administrative Secretary of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, (ASCON), Badagry. All his life, he was active in the Ogwashi-Uku community, serving as pioneer president of the Ogwashi-Uku Development Union, helping to raise funds for the organization to provide scholarships to children from Ogwashi-Uku to attend institutions of higher learning. He also participated in the union's agitation for the establishment of the Delta State Polytechnic in Ogwashi-Uku. He was also active in family associations notably the those of the Umu Diei (Royal Family) & the Elumeze Family in which he was the Diokpa (oldest elder). Elumeze was married with children and grandchildren.
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