There is a natural link between interact and rotaract within a community Rotarians and retractors are positions to, provide guidance and monitoring to interact club members through joint projects activities furthermore interact serves as excellent fourteen prospects for the local rotaract clubs in 106 countries consult interact handbook (654-en) a comprehensive guide for rotaract and interactors for more in formation also available through R.I secteriact is a promotional brochure
serious fun (600-EN) to help stimulate interest.

 CITATION OF PAUL HARRIS (the founder of rotary club)

Paul Harris was the founder of rotary club he was born in the Racine wiscosin, USA on April 1868 he received the bachelor or physical degree and L.L.D degrees from the university of Vermont and L.L.B from university of lowa he received an honorary P.H.D in 1993 from the university of Vermont the boys scout of brazil Chile Dominican republic Equador France and Peru
He worked as a newspaper reporter a business college teacher a stock company actor and a cowboy. He traveled extensively as salesman for a marble and granite concern in the us an and Europe.
In 1986 Paul Harris went to Chicago to practice law in 1900 after dinner with a lawyer in a residential section of Chicago Paul Harris was impressed by the fact that his friend stopped at several stores and shops in the neighbour hood and introduced him to the clients and he resolved to organize a club which would band together a group of representative business men and professional men in friendship and fellowship.

By 1905, he had formulated a definite philosophy of business relations talking it over with three of his law clients: Sylvester schiele, a coal merchant gustavus loeh a mining engineer and hirean shoran shorey a merchant tailor he decided to organize the first club which he had been planning since 1900 on February 23,1905 they held the first club meeting and nucleus was formed for the thousands of rotary clubs rotary clubs rotary because the members met in rotations in their various places of business .this met with the general approval and club membership grew rapidly almost every member intimate acquaintanceship of their boyhood days. When Paul Harris became the member of the club in its third year he try to extend rotary club to their cities because he was convened that the rotary club could be developed into improved service movement.
The second f rotary club was found in San Francisco in 1908. Other clubs were organized until in 1910 when there were 126clubs it was decided that they should be untitled into organization which would extend the movement to other cities and serve as cleaning house for exchange of ideas among the club s representative from the club came together when clubs were formed in Canada and great Britain and the name was changed in 1921, to the international association of rotary clubs. In 1922 the name was shorted to rotary international. Paul Harris was the first if the national association and the first president of the international association. When he passed away on January 28 he was president emeritus of rotary club international while Paul Harris devoted much of his time to rotary he was also prominent in civic and professional work. The was the first chairman of the board of directors of the national society for crippled children he was a member of the board of a managers of the Chicago bar association and its representative at the international congress of law at the Hague and he was a committee member of the American bar association.

 CITATION OF R.I PRESIDENT

Leen E Estess sr. shades valley Alabama USA.
President rotary international 2004-2005
Trustee, the rotary foundation 1993-1996
Vice-president rotary international 1991-1992
Director, rotary international 1990-1992
District governor 0-6860, 1979-1980.

  Estess association inc. Born in pike country Mississippi; he earned a
Degree in chemistry and physics from Tulane university in new Orleans, Louisiana Glenn is one of live brother who ere Rotarians at one time for were president of their respective clubs Glenn is past chairman of trustees of the Baptist health system and eleven hospital system he headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama with approximately 10,000 employee she served as director of the better business bureau council society of Alabama. Earlier in Florida he was chairman of the YMCA the American chemical society and arthritis foundation.he was also a member of board of regents of the national association of personnel consultants in the united states Rotarians since 1960 Glenn was a member first in club #41 at Jacksonville, Florida (USA) and then Wayne new jersey (USA) Glenn was an advisor to the 1997 RI convention committee, polioplus national coordinator in 1897-88 during his tenure as a trustee, Glenn served as chairmen of the foundations finance committee and vice chairman of its program committee he was RI’s international assembly Chairman and moderator in 1991.

He formally was a member for four years and chairman for on e year of RI’s audit & operations review committee. This is RI’s only committee having a six-year term. This recommendation serves is an advisory role to the board of directors. Glenn was also the chair of the 2002-2003 membership development and retention committee Glenn is a rotary foundation major donor a Paul Harris fellow and a benefactor he is recipient of the citation for meritorious service and the rotary foundation’s distinguished service award. Glenn and Mary have three children and eight grandchildren sixteen members of his family are Paul Harris fellows.

 CITATION OF ROTR.J.O.C IKEAKO

Jonathan olisaeloka chwuemeka Ikeako, PHF, 71B.Sc2nd class Hons (physics UNN): 76 M.sc (applied geophysics, imperial college, London). DIC, 93 PGD9urban and regional planning UNN) is a charter member of the rotary club of trans-Ekulu, characted 1984. His classification constancy applied science he served as president 1998/9 earning district 914 certificate of appreciation of outstanding service he has gone on to service rotary a number of other positions which include pioneer chairman 94- of district governor’s special representative (DGSR)) for rotary clubs of enugu East (july-nov.01) and ogui (nov.01) and 02/3 assistant governor for zone 6 comprising 13 clubs among the awards garned along the way garned along the way would be 94/5 certificate of appreciation for outstanding performance,96/7 Devotion and commitment plaque,99/7 meritorious service award, 99/00 certificate for outstanding performance 99/00 RI citations for 4 avenue of service 00/01
District 9140 best avenue of service director.
His vocation is expressed through aquaterra And world karmeras company LTD of which he is CEO, studied engineering of which he is director and R bernestielli group of coys of which he is Chairman AJP an fellow of the NMGS (Nigeria mining and geosciences society), he has been 95-9 Chairman of enugu chapter chairman of the local organizing committee for the 36th annual general conference (coal city 200) of the NMGS and also the 202-2003 national treasurer. His other areas of service to society include special Adviser to the igwe of ogidi, membership of shell NMGS awards board of trustees, the presidential committee on solid mineral and petroleum development college umuaihia which he attended 156-63 he also worked briefly (1972-5) Mobil producing unlimited before launching out on his own.
He is married to ngozi (nee abgim) his wife of over thirty (3) years and they have five (5) children: obi adaobi, jideofor, okechukwu and kenechukwu.

 
  ROTR.TESSY UNIEGHARA
     Centennial

Mrs. Theresa Eguvwemivwoyovwi Uvieghara was born on 28th December 1956 she attended izomo primary school in her home town Eruemukohwarian ughelli from 1962 to 1967.As a result of her performance she gained admission into scared heat college ubiaja where she obtained her grade two certificate in 1974.
She was posted to the president St. Paul primary school in ughelli where she began her career as a teacher. She got married in 1974 to the great economist late chief Vincent Uvieghara and gave birth to three children she went back to school in 1980 for an NCE programme in college of education abraka now Delta state university where she obtained her NCE certificate.
Because of the urge to improve on he academic status she went back to school for a degree programme in delta state university abraka where she begged a degree in English language she is currently working on her thesis to round off her mater degree programme in delta state university abraka.
Tessy Uvieghara has made a landmark in the teaching  profession after her NCE programme she taught in then in then evwerni teachers college 1985-87 she posted to govt. college in 1987 she stayed there till 1997.
From there to Ekiugbo grammar school till date.
Mrs. Tessy Uvieghara popularly known and addressed as “mummy t” is a woman leader in the church and in the society she was among thee pilgrim to Rome, Lourdes in France and Jerusalem in 1975.
She is currently a member of the hospital management board in ughelli and once served as a member of the ughelli constitution drafting committee in 1994.
She is the vive president of delta state university Alumni association ughelli chapter
She is currently at Ekiugbo school ughelli where she is grooming young men and women who are  future leaders she is fully qualified principal but without a portfolio