1. Education

2. Healthcare

3. Economic Development

4. Science and Technology

5. Welfare of Enugu People.

Many Enugu State citizens with various academic and professional backgrounds presented papers in the above areas with recommendations and solutions on how to improve Enugu State. From this standpoint, it is obvious that Enugu USA provides patriotic citizens of Enugu State a forum through the annual conventions to share ideas on how to make positive changes in the state. Such forum may not be possible within a local Enugu chapter. More importantly, recommendations from a local chapter may not have the same type of impact on the state government like the one from a national organization. Communiqués issued at the end of every convention are made available to Enugu State government to inform them of our activities. Enugu Association USA has the attention of Enugu State Government and her people. One local Enugu chapter will be less successful in accomplishing this than will all Enugu chapters working together under an umbrella organization.

[2] Other benefits

New and existing unique benefits at the national level available to members of affiliate chapters that may not be readily apparent include but are not limited to the following:

• Members of affiliate chapters in good standing with the association will receive up to 50 percent savings in registration fees during the annual conventions. Your membership status with your local chapter must be active when you register for the convention to ensure that you receive the member rate. Affiliate chapters should keep their memberships current and renew them promptly to avoid a lapse in benefits. Affiliate chapters must provide their membership list to the National body per Article 5; Section 5:2 of the constitution to allow their members to receive the member rate.

• Enugu USA affords us opportunity to establish relationships with other members outside our immediate local chapters. The organization creates opportunities for establishing new contacts and/or reestablishing contacts with lost friends and relatives.

• By maintaining a close association with other Enugu State citizens outside our local chapters, we build the kind of friendships that will benefit us throughout our lives. For instance, some of us have become very good friends with several of our people who we would not have known if not for Enugu USA. It will be impossible to quantify what this may mean to an individual.

• Enugu USA is also a great organization for career networking with our members who may be in a position to assist other members. Professionally, it can help us to build a network that can be invaluable when considering a job change.

• The Enugu USA annual convention as stated above, is an excellent way to share ideas and learn from our people. The organization provides learning and networking opportunities by holding workshops / plenary sessions during the annual conventions. These sessions provide opportunity to dialogue on issues of interest to members and Enugu people in general. The sessions can also increase our knowledge and keep us informed of new developments in Enugu State or educate us on how to make necessary improvements.

• Serving as a national officer or participating in a committee is an excellent way to develop and strengthen our leadership and organizational skills beyond our local chapters. It's like a low risk on-the-job training for managing a company with branches outside the home base! We can improve our skills in delegating, meeting facilitation and motivation, just to name a few.