District Governor Elect

Rtn. Nkemdili Au. Nnonyelu has been an active member of Rotary Club of Awka, Anambra State, now of Rotary International, District 9142, since 2nd November, 1989. He served on various committees and held different board positions, until he served as Club President in the 1995/96 Rotary year. His presidency witnessed several Club projects, notably the Comfort Station at then Timber Shed, Awka, now Odera Shopping Complex. Club membership grew astronomically and contributions to the Rotary Foundation also soared. He has been a constant recipient of Club recognitions and laurels from almost all Club Presidents since his entry into Rotary, maintaining a hundred percent attendance for decades. In 2011/12, he served once again as Club President, a period which he refers to as his Second Missionary Journey. 

At District level, Rtn. Au. Nnonyelu has served in various committees as Member and Chair, bagging a host of recognitions from different District Governors – twice, Best District Chair; 2nd Best, twice; as well as two-term Assistant Governor. At the inception of the new District 9142, he was the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, and Chairman of the First District Conference. He was also Membership Chair for three years during which he assisted successive District Governors in raising the membership profile from 1,360 members to 1,971. His passion for membership development is legendary at club, district and national levels. He takes sharing Rotary with others as an apostolate. Rtn. Au. Nnonyelu is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, and has attended all District Conferences and some International Conventions since he joined Rotary. Indeed, he is a regular face at District meetings and trainings, sometimes as a resource person. 

Rtn. Au. Nnonyelu studied for and obtained his first degree at the famous University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he also went on to bag MSc Industrial Sociology and Ph.D Industrial Relations degrees from the same department. He is a Professor of Industrial Relations in the Department of Sociology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, a Fellow and the immediate past National President of the Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Practitioners Association (NASA), the umbrella body of Sociologists and Anthropologists in Nigeria; as well as a Fellow of the prestigious Institute of Management Consultants (IMC). He is also a member of the British Sociological Association (BSA), the American Sociological Association (ASA) and Association of Black Sociologists in America (ABS). Rtn. Nnonyelu is a widely published and well-travelled scholar, who at various times has been Head, Department of Sociology; Dean, Students Affairs; Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences; Director, Continuing Education Programme; Director, UNIZIK Business School and currently is Director, Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy. He is a two-term former member of the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council of Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State, Nigeria. 

Public service, especially service to his beloved Anambra State is not left out of his many contributions to society, as Rtn. Au. Nnonyelu has also served as Chairman, Anambra State Housing Development Corporation; Special Adviser to the Governor of Anambra State on Ecology and Environment; Transition Chairman, Awka South Local Government Area; Honourable Commissioner for Education (2003), as well as, member, Transition Committee of the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Prof. C. C. Soludo.  

Rtn. Nnonyelu is a Papal Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester, and he holds the traditional chieftaincy title of Okaa Awka. He is happily married with children.