Zacheus Chukwukaelo OBI

Businessman, Politician

retired businessman, politician, born September 1902, Nnewi, Anambra State; First Marriage: Victoria Uduego Orizu 1931; Other Marriages: Catherine, Gladys and Susannah, eleven sons, seventeen daughters; Education: CMS Central School, Nnewi, 1906-14, Passed Assistant School Masters' Grade through private tuition; First Nigerian Manager, UAC Nigeria Limited (Eastern Nigeria Branch), 1938; founder and Chief Executive, Z.C. Obi and Sons Company Limited, 1956; Food and Catering Contractor, Nigerian Prisons, Port Harcourt, 1956-67; Licenced Produce Buying Agent, Eastern Nigerian Government, 1956-70; Senator, Port Harcourt Province, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1959-66; Director, A.J. Seward (Nigeria) Limited, 1964-66; Vice-President, Port-Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, 1964-66; former Chairman, Nnewi Royal Cabinet; President, Ibo State Union, 1951-66; Political Party: President, defunct NCNC, Port Harcourt Branch, 1951; Traditional Titles: Ezc-Onunekwulu-Igbo of Igbo land, 1959, Okemili-Nnewi, 1981; Foreign Honour: Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1960; Hobby: community affairs; Official and Home Address: 11 St Mary's Road, Uruagu, PO Box 140, Nnewi, Anambra State; Telephone; (046) 460524