Nigeria in Detail: An X-ray of Burning Issues and the Way Forward (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781778834622)

Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara was born in Nigeria, in West Africa. As a native of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Opara graduated from Government Secondary School in Owerri.

To further his education, Opara came to the United States in 1979 and began to acquire scores of graduate and post-graduate degrees. Opara went on to attain a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from The College of New Jersey, in Trenton, New Jersey.

Opara holds a Doctorate in Education, and received two master's degrees in Business Administration, all from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. After holding various positions in the New State Government, Opara has become a very successful entrepreneur in real estate development, and as a consultant in Urban Education Leadership programs. Kemdi is currently the Chief Executive/Partner of 1 Heart Home Health Care, LLC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A Place of Hope Home Health Care, LLC in Trenton, New Jersey; And The Lotuscure LLC - a health and wellness center in Trenton, New Jersey.

Opara believes strongly in charity work which led him to establish- Kemdi Chino Opara Foundation resident in Nigeria and that society must help to uplift the down trodden as well as the less privileged. Opara has four children by his wife Angela. His son, Kemdi Jr, and daughters Chibuzo, Chinwendu and Ugochinyere are all graduates of Howard University in Washington, DC. Kemdi jr and Chibuzo both have master's degrees. Kemdi jr received his from LIM College in New York while Chibuzo received hers from John Hopkins University, in Maryland. Chibuzo is now in Medical School at Howard University, in DC. Kemdi has also published another book titled, The Man and His Destiny.