In 1941 , Ojike , K.O. Mbadiwe and John Karefa-Smart established the African Students Association of the United States and Canada . Among the objective of the organization was the welfare of African students and the interpretation of African culture to a western audience . Ojike was also a member of two Pan African organizations : American Council of African Education and the African Academy of Arts and Research . The latter was founded by Ojike , Mbadiwe , Orizu , Lawrence Reddick . The academy sponsored a series of well received dance events between 1943 and 1945 . In 1945 , Ojike was able to attend the United Nations Conference on International Organization as a member of these organizations . Upon his return to Nigeria , one of his early ideas was the establishment of a university based on an American higher education model . A primary strategy of the university was to save cost by providing education to students locally instead of students spending money to earn degrees outside the country . However , the idea never came to fruition . Between 1947 and 1948 , he was the General Manager and a columnist for the West African Pilot , he wrote two columns : " Weekend Catechism " and " Something to Think About " . In 1948 , he left the pilot to start a business venture , the African Development Corporation , he raised capital and bought a popular bakery formerly owned by Amos Schackleford . After the death of 21 striking coal miners in 1949 , Ojike in response wrote a column calling for concerted action against colonial authorities . The article was interpreted as sedition and Ojike was fined . The shootings also motivated him to co-found a broad organization called the National Emergency Committee with Akinola Maja as chairperson . The organization briefly existed for a year and was a national voice opposing racial discrimination before political rivalry broke it up . Ojike was a supporter of a federal system of governance in Nigeria , at a general conference in Ibadan organized to draft the Macpherson Constitution , Ojike and Eyo Ita , co-wrote a minority report criticizing the adoptions of a regional government system and the introduction of House of Chiefs instead of a federal system composed of states with ethnic borders and removal of vested interest in governance
United Nations Conference on International Organization
United Nations Conference on International Organization
Mbonu Ojike