Christopher Emeka EKWEBELEM,

Rumumasi. Port I larcourt. Rivers State • National High School Arondizuogu 1973 WASC • Institute of Management and Technology Enugu IIND in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1977 Employment History and Experience • National Electric Power Authority 1977 1978 NYSC • Production Engineer. Nigeria Engineering Works. Port Harcourt • Electrical Engineer, Imo State Glass Industry • Self Employed as the Chief Executive and Chairman of his private company Membership of Professional Associations • Fellow of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) Prizes and Awards and Honours • The Merit Award ofNigeria Society of Engineers • The Melvin Jones Fellow Award • National Productivity Order of Merit Award in 2001 Special Achievements Exhibited excellence in all he had constructed or designed as an engineer. For instance, he • Designed . built and installed all the switch gears in use at the Sam Mbakvve Airport Owerri • The installation of the Precision Approach Path Indicator. (PAPI)which guides an on-coming aircraft to glide down to the touch zone of the airport runway • Manufacturing of equipment locally for the Imo BroadcastingCorporation (1BC) Owerri. He has served as a Consultant or contractor to many Corporate Organisations eg. Mobil Producing. Shell Petroleum, FM, Akwa Ibom State. FM Bauchi, F.M Cross River, among others. His organisation has employed over 200 Nigerians in various fields. He has contributed to several Charitable Projects and financed so many others. He has demonstrated that contributions of great honour do not necessarily depend on highly complex Western methods. He has shown that he is an ICON ol" Hope to the youths who would like to excel in any chosen course. EngrEkwebelem's breakthroughs have now shown that the Igbo arc still on the lime light of productive invention in our community.