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ST. MARTINS DE PORRES GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL: DEBATE RAGES OVER WHO ESTABLISHED THE SCHOOL BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARY

 ST. MARTINS DE PORRES GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL: DEBATE RAGES OVER WHO ESTABLISHED THE SCHOOL BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARY * How the King of Onicha Olona Was Compelled to Declare for Action Group to Have the School Established * A Single School with Three Different Names Story by Emeka Esogbue It is not about whether the school is in the  Onicha Olona community or not; it is not about whether the school is prestigious enough or not. It is not about whether the school existed or not. It is about claims and counterclaims over who between the indigenes of Onicha Olona and the Catholic missionaries founded the school. How the Onicha Olona community has become enmeshed in the limbo of who originally established the school between the community and the early Catholic missionaries that visited the community has become a thing of interest to historians outside the Aniocha North community.  Onicha Olona is a prominent Anioma community in Aniocha North Local Govern...