NWIZU, Chike Ikeotuonye

Date of Birth: Wednesday (Orie) 31sl October, 1934 State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Nnewi North Village/Town: Nza Ozubulu Very Rev Chike Ikeotuonye Nwizu. KGS. JP. LLB (lions). BL. ACIS. AMIM Dip Th was born at Nnewi on October 31st, 1934 to the family of late Mr Samson Ikeotuonye Nwizu and late Mrs Christiana Nwizu of Nza Ozubulu. Very Rev Nwizu is a highly placed clergyman, a legal expert and a business and management consultant. He stands out as an Icon in the careers he represents, showing that with diligence, hard work, honesty and patience would reach the peak of any career God has chosen for him.Education • St Michael's School Aba Government Secondary School Owerri • Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology. Ibadan • London City College • University of Nigeria Enugu Campus • Nigerian Law School Lagos Job Experience Accountant with Shell BP Port Harcourt • Company Secretary and Investment Manager of Universal Insurance Company Ltd. • Company Secretary. Premier Brokers Ltd • Founder and Managing Director of Zuloh Services Nigeria Ltd. • Chairman and CEO of Kuchen Industries Ltd- manufacturers of welding electrode Chairman and CEO of Wemeck Building Products Ltd- manufacturers ol' floor and wall tiles • Principal Partner of Chike Nwizu Associates a flourishing Legal Firm of experts • The Provost and Dean of the Cathedral Church ol" the Good Shepherd- ol" the Diocese of Enugu. Anglican Communion. He has creditably carried out all these jobs with honesty, integrity and fear of God. A clergy man who has got God in his life can play any role with a touch of finality and success, not only in the Altar but anywhere in the world of time and space. Membership of Learned and Professional Bodies • Associate Member. Nigerian Institute of Management AMNIM • Associate Member. Chartered Instituteof Secretaries and Administrators of London 1960 • Member. Nigeria Bar Association • Knight of the Order of the Good Shepherd (KGS) Service to the Community National and International Member of the Census Committee in the Old Anambra Slate Member of the State Change-Over to the Right Hand Drive Committee Chairman . Niger Cement Allocation Committee( a committee that needed only people of integrity and transparent honesty) Member Governing Council of Institute of Management and Technology ( IMT) Enugu Member University of Nigeria Careers Advisory Committee Chairman. Parents' Teachers Association. Federal Government College Enugu Member. Board of Nigeria Plant I lire & Leasing Co of Anambra Stale Member. Board of Governors Awkunawaw Girls' Secondary School Member. Anambra Slate Prerogative of Mercy Member. Anambra State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board Divisional Secretary. Nigeria Red Cross Society Commandant. Nigeria Red Cross Society Treasurer. St. John's Ambulance Brigade President. Enugu Rotary Club Charter President. Rotary Club ol'Ekulu District Governor District 914 International Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International Past President Enugu Chamber of Commerce. Industry. Mines and Agriculture- serv ing as the Hon Secretary for many years Vice President and Deputy President of the Chamber of Commerce on several occasions Life Vice President ofthe Nigerian Association ofChambers ol' Commerce, Industry. Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) - In 1978 he led a Trade Mission of Members of the Chamber of Commerce of Enugu. Onitsha. Awka and Abakiliki to live European Countries. For 38 years. he has been actively involved in Chamber of Commerce Movement in Nigeria and has served in different capacities both in city and national level. • Member of the Standing Committee of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion • House Captain and Senior School Prefect Government Secondary School. Owerri • Students Union President of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology. Ibadan Vice President of National Union ol"Nigerian Students ( NUNS) Ministerial and Priestly Office in the Church Ordained Deacon 1981 Ordained Priest 1983 Curate and later Priest. All Saints Church G.R. A Enugu 1981 1991 Provost and Dean of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd Diocese of Enugu Anglican Communion 1992- 2004 Served as the Vicar-General and Most Senior Priest in the Diocese. Member of many Diocesan Boards and Councils Member of the Provincial Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Awards and Honours Too many honours from different societies national and international. But two most prominent ol them are: • Knight of the Good Shepherd (KGS) • Awarded the Justice of Peace. He is happily married to Chiemeka Nwizu and they are blessed with four sons and a daughter His advice to the Igbo youths - "hardworking, dedicated, positively oriented and disciplined .Plan for tomorrow and not merely run after material success ". To the Leaders, "give exemplary leadership, know that righteousness exalts a nation and sin is a reproach to the people. We are too much ina haste, he well focused and or else we remain second class citizens and the future bleak. Realise that money is not everything. We are truly marginalizing ourselves, unless we come out of it too had for the future".