to 367 as at May 2007. These reforms went hand in hand with the Community County Council (CCC) initiative, later refocused as the Community Development County Councils (CDCC), a rural development partnership between the rural communities and the State Government. The administration established the Ministry of Poverty Reduction and Human Development which has evolved into a grassroots poverty management scheme in the state. There was also the Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Projects (LEEMP), another bilateral rural development partnership with the World Bank/UK Government that focused on the construction and grading of rural feeder roads and other poverty eradication projects in the rural communities. Honours His academic honours include - Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), University of Nigeria; Distinguished Fellow of the Nigerian Law School, D.Sc (Honoris Causa), Babcock University, Illisan Remo, Ogun State, Adjunct Professor (Political Science), Babcock University, Illisan Remo, Ogun State, Honorary Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Ijanikan, Lagos, and Distinguished Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. He is a Visiting Professor of Physiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). Public Speaking Governor Nnamani was well known for his intellectual engagements on the travails and prospects of an emerging democracy like Nigeria. His contributions to national discourse took him to the podium in different fora across the country as follows: Agenda for National Reformation; public lecture at the Forum of Southern Governors' Conference, Conference Hall of the Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu; 10 January 2001. Ndigbo: Let Us Be Frank with Ourselves; Igbo Summit, at the Federation Hall of Presidential Hotel, Enugu, 19 January 2001. Ndigbo, Taa Bu Gboo, Echi di lme (Let the Future Begin Now); Odenigbo Forum, Eko L’meridien Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, 24 April 2001. The Press and Our Democracy: The Path Not Trodden; Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) lecture series, Main Auditorium of the National Universities Commission Headquarters, Abuja; 15 May 2001. Transition Politics and Nigeria’s Search for Sustainable Democracy; First edition of Post Express Anniversary Lecture series, MUSON Center, Onikan Lagos; 2 July 2001. Ndigbo and the Challenges of Nation Building; Annual Lecture series of the Enugu Sports Club, Main Hall, Sports Club, Enugu, Enugu; 24 September 2001. Ndigbo, Can Your Generation Sustain Our Igboness?; Annual lecture series of South East Development Initiative