NWANKWO, (Professor) Green Onyekaba

Date of Birth: State of Origin: Local Government Area: Okigwe Contact Address: Monday (Afo) 11"' September, 1933 Imo Evergreen Associates Ltd 61, Marina Street, Lagos. His Royal Highness (Eze) Professor Green Onyekaba Nwankwo is an erudite scholar, a seasoned banker, an industrialist, a teacher, a management consultant and of late a Royal Father and custodian of Igbo cherished ancestral heritage. He was born on September II. 1933 in Arondizuogu in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. His academic and professional successes have had world recognition and acclaim. Yet Professor Green Nwankwo did not ignore his Igbo Roots and tradition. He practically demonstrated his love for his fatherland when he was called upon in 2002 to ascend to the Ancient and Revered Throne of his Ancestral Ileritage in Aro Amino Okigwe. He faithfully and patriotically answered the Call from his community and was crowned the Eze Ohazurume I of.Aro-Amuro Community. Not many a man would accept this call to Service though it carries its honour and prestige. Education • St Peter's CMS Central School Ndiawa Arondizuogu African College ( Now our Lady 's High School) Onitsha 1947 1950 • Scottish College of Commerce (now University of Strathclyde) I960 1963 lsl Class lions in Economics • London School of Economics. University of London 2"'1 Class Honours Upper Division . M.Sc Economics • School of Oriental and African Studies PhD Membership of Learned and Professional Bodies • Associate ol'Institute of Bankers ( AIB) • Diploma in Banking Employment and Job Experience • Chairman, (currently) of the Reinvigorated ACB international Bank Pic • Emeritus Professor oi' Finance . University of Lagos • Chairman. Evergreen Associates ( Finance and Management Consultants) • ChairmanGreen Nwankwo Foundation • President. Nigeria Greek Chamber of Commerce President. Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) Director, Aba Textile Mills • Director. Chartered Bank Pic Member, Imo Stale Economic Advisory Committee Lecturer, on Money and Banking at City o\' London Polytechnic 1967 1968 • Senior Lecturer 1968 1972 • Visiting Lecturer on Industry and Finance. Polytechnic of Central London 1969 1972 • Senior Visiting Research Fellow . City of London Polytechnic 1987 1988 • External Examiner. Certified and Corporate Accounts . London 1972 • Member Governing Council of the Institute of Bankers of Nigeria • Executive Director, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 1978 1984 • President and Chairman of Council. Nigerian Institute of Bankers 1985 1987 • Chairman. Union Bank of Nigeria. Pic 1990- 1996 • Chairman. Development Finance and Investment Company ( DFIC) Imo State 1985- 1987 Associate Professor of Finance. University of Lagos 1972 1974 Professorol' Finance University of Lagos 1974 Public Services to the Nation and Wider Society • Member. Council of Imo State College of Technology 1978 1980 • Chairman Ad Hoc Inter Government High Level Group of Experts on the Evolution of the International Monetary System, July • Chairman of Deputies of G.24 ( A Committee of Ci. 77 Development Countries of Asia . Africa and Latin America on the Re Monetary System and the Evolution of the New International Economic Order 1980 -1981. • Chairman. UNCTAD Study Group on Low Income Countries and the International monetary System. 1982 -1983. • Chairman. Committee III on money and Finance: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) IV. Genev Member. Committee for Development Planning 1981 -1989 Lecturer and Consultant lo Universities and Financial Institutions. Consultant to United Bank for Africa • Chairman of Finance, University of Lagos 1972 1978 • Dean, Faculty of Business Administration 1976 1978 • Member of Senate University of Lagos 1974 Professor Nwankwo retired from the services of the University on September 11. 1998. Other Services outside the University As a distinguished economist and renowned Finance Administrator, Professor Nwankwo extended his services to places outside the four walls ol the university. He was external examiner to a number of institutions including Institute of Management and Technology Enugu 1973-1977 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 1975 1978 University of Nigeria Enugu Campus 1977 University of Calabar 1986 Appointed Anti-Inflation Task Force 1975 1976 Member, Oil Production and Marketing Policies and Operations 1976 Member, Technical Committee on Revenue Allocation 1977 - 1978 Member, Board Committee on Re-organisation of the Central Bank 1980 1983 Member, Federal Government Committee on Financial Position of the Public Sector 1984 Member, Planning Committee on the Establishment of the College of Technology, Owerri Member Chairman, Raw Material Research and Development Council ( RMRDC) Risk Fund Blue Print Committee 1989 -1990 Member, Technical Committee on Progress Bank Publications Published over a hundred journal articles, monographs, reviews etc. In addition, he has a few academic text books including: • The Nigeria Financial System Macmillan 1980 • Basic EconomicsAs Introduction forAfricanStudents Cambridge 1980 • TheInternationalEconomicsandthe WorldMonetary System-NigeriaInstitute ofInternationalAffairs 77:4 • TheGrammar ofMoney (InauguralLecture,University ofLagos)1978:5 • GroundworkofCommerce(with Jones) ArnoldandAfrican University Press 1980 • Nigeria and OPEC: Tobe or not to be?African UniversityPress 1983 • Journey to the Throne-the Story ofHis Life (Biography) CommunityServices • Financial Secretary and Executive Committee Member ofOgbuonyeoma Town, Arondizuogu Patriotic Union in Port Harcourt in the 1950s Secretary Orlu Divisional Union 1957 1960 With his friend the late Mazi C.N.C. Okoro in the Arondizuogu Singing Stars blazed the trail by being the first Arondizuogu man to sing * Uro Onwa' in the National Radio and thereafter was the Record 'Ahigbo NwataNgwo neri' President of the Arondizuogu Student Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1965 1972 Brought the first and only commercial Bank the UBA Pic to Ndizuogu Brought Union Bank branch to Okigwe in Imo State Brought Union Bank to Ajali in Anambra State Brought Union Bank branch to Okigwe Imo State Brought Borehole Pipe borne water and electricity to his village, Ndi ogbuonyeoma Ndibe Uche Arondizuogu Amuro Okigwe Local Government Area Chairman Ndiogbuonyeoma Peace Committee 1997 Co-Chairman Okigwe Leaders Forum 1998 Spearheaded the Quest for Arondizuogu Autonomy; The Journey So far' 1997 Patron Arondizuogu Patriotic Union, Lagos Mainland Patron, Committee for Arondizuogu Progress ( CAP) Lagos Patron Arondizuogu Patriotic Union Women's Wing Lagos He has been decorated with many medals and traditional titles. Prominent among the titles are Amandianaeze I of Arondizuogu 1993 Okwara Uzo I of Arondizuogu 1993 Oganihu I of Arondizuogu 1993 Paramount Head of the Community Eze Ohazurume 1 Aro Amuro 2002 Officer of the Order of the Niger OON by the Federal Government 2001 Cited by many WHO's WHO, Sources ofwhich are Men and Women ofDistinction, Who's Who in the world, The International Biography Roll of Honour, Dictionary of International Biography, Newswatch WHO'S WHO, Africa, and Who is Who in Business and The Igbo Ambassadors He is a very religious and active Church man who is generous and kind. He is a good sports man who is good at boxing. His role model is Late Mazi Mbonu Ojike for his forthrightness, who boycott the boycottables. 1RII Eze Prof Green Nwankwo has put forward his advice lo the Youths and Igbo Leaders. To the Youths he says: "be focused, know who you are he hardworking, hones, and accountable and prayerful". To the Leaders he says: "be purposeful, focused, upright, transparent, accountable and exemplary