Date of Birth: Saturday (Nkwo) 25"' December, 1965 State of Origin Anambra Local Government Area: Orumba North Village/Town: Obinlkpa Village Ajali Contact Address: Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. P.O.Box 734 Enugu Contact Telephone: 234-8033489198, 08045259691 Chukwuemeka Chidiadi Okereke is the Director General of Enugu Chamber of Commerce. Industry. Mines and Agriculture. His dynamic leadership has taken the viable Chamber to another level of development. He inherited a healthy Chamber and has through his ingenuity and competence taken the organisation a long way further through the path of progress, development and success. Education • Government School Ajali • Boys Grammar School Agulu • Federal Polytechnic Oko • University of Nigeria, Nsukka with a graduate Diploma in Public Relations Job Experience • Broadcast Media-Reporter. to Client Service officer • Corporate Service Officer • Sales Executive/News Reporter • Director of Public Relations • Director General. Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry. Mines and Agriculture the chief executive of the Body that co-ordinates the Commercial and entrepreneurial activities in Enugu Stale. Achievements in the Areas of Endeavour • Won Presidential Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution lo Public Relations Practice in Nigeria • Organised numerous NACC1MA Workshops to enlighten the public on Public Policy Issues Vu\e me Pubic Policy Advocacy Abeokuta. National Workshop on Public Private Sector Co-operation organised by Centre for Public and Business Policy Enugu. Nigeria Institute of Public Relations Workshop on Public Relations Practices. Sam Eppelle Workshop on Public Relations Abuja. Eastern Economic Summit Workshop Enugu. • Has helped to develop a framework for the practice of Public Relations in Nigeria. Membership of Professional Bodies • Nigeria Institute of Public Relations ( NIPR) • PRO. Enugu Chapter of NIPR • Vice Chairman Institute of Management Consultants ( IMC) Role Model his father late Mazi G. U. Okereke is his role model for his simplicity, contentment, honesty and love for humanity. Hobbies include Reading. Watching movies. His trust in God and concern for the people particularly the Igbo youths made him give the following advice: "engage yourselves in worthwhile ventures, value humanity, enterprise, hard work and have contentment in life while trusting God". To the Leaders: "be altruistic to the Igbo Projects witi Agenda, approach leadership as service, place the group interest above self,be worthy in enterprise and character and eschew parochialism ". He further states. 'Indeed. I wish to commend this valuable enterprise which I hope would be part of the effort to correct the near crisis of our Igbo value system. It is my hope that this effort, the Igbo Icons Project, will not go further to endanger the pummeling values of our social system, rather it will be a bold and pragmatic effort to make a statement that indeed materialism is not the god of Ndi Igbo. That Ndi Igbo cherish and adore things of greater realm revolving around the global benchmark and standard of hard work, honesty, communalism. in our effort to acquire wealth and excel in all fads of human endeavour. This publication if it must endear and endure should be positioned to be a true roll call of Igbo Icon of which the standard measure must transcend materialism but imbued by invaluable contributions to the development of the land of Ndi Igbo whether as Artisans. Academics, Business Executives, Scholars. Leaders in Governance and Business, Politicians, Administrators. Public Servants Church Leaders and in whatever capacity. I wish to challenge the publishers of ibis compendium to make a difference, to make it a publication noble minds and souls within Ndi Igbo and in Nigeria. Africa and the World would look up to for a reliable and authoritative data of men and women, boys and girls who are worthy in character and enterprise and learning in the land of Ndi Igbo. I wish you success".
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