History Of Uzuakoli

Uzuakoli Leprosy Settlement was founded by the Methodist Missionary Society and the Local Authorities of Owerri Province. It was opened as the Provincial Leprosy Settlement in August, 1932, with Dr J A Kinnear Brown as its first Superintendent.

The [[primitive methodist missionary society) of Great Britain founded Uzuakoli Institute (UI) in 1923, which later in 1931 was renamed Methodist College. Available information indicates that a group of missionaries led by Rev. Herbert Lewis Octavia Williams was the first principal of the institute.