SYNOPSIS After the Nigerian – British Coalition war against Biafra, the East Central State Government of His Ajie Governor Ukpabi Asika, the Administrator of the State, took over all Schools in the State: Government, Mission and Private.
The Government College Umuahia was founded by Reverend Robert Fisher on January 29, 1929 when he opened the gates of the school to 25 students drawn from all parts of Nigeria and West Africa, but with catchment in Eastern Nigeria, and the Southern Cameroons.