{"id":10082,"date":"2017-02-08T15:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10082"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:28:21","slug":"okafor-chika-alex","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-chika-alex\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR. Chika Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Nnewi Village\/Town: Uru-Umudim Chief (Sir) Alex Chika Okafor (Chicason) is a native of Uru-Umudim Nnewi. Anambra State. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive of a conglomerateThe Chicason Group. Born 45 years ago. Chief Okafor is an astute, dynamic, progressive and innovative business man and organiser. His knack for managing men and resources has endeared him to a lot of hard working and honest people, some of whom had been with him for the past ten years. He started his business career more than twenty years ago after graduating from apprenticeship of his maternal uncle. Chief Ben Akubueze ofNnobi town in Anambra State. Education I lad formal primary and secondary education and went in to serve his period of tutelage under his maternal uncle. There after he established his own business enterprise which today has grown into an empire. He enrolled for a private tutorial tuition and improved his academic career while still doing his business. Business Companies under Chicason Group \u2022 Chicason Nigeria Ltd \u2022 Resources Improvement Manufacturing Company Ltd \u2022 Cason Travels Ltd \u2022 Proinolex Industrial Chemical Company Ltd \u2022 Alex International Agencies Ltd Best Total Industries Ltd \u2022 A-Z Petroleum Products Ltd RIMCO Farms and Plantation Ltd CICO Resources Ltd \u2022 Trust Global Services Ltd \u2022 Afro-Asian Automobile Industries \u2022 Afro-Euro Concerns Ltd \u2022 Euro Cement Company Ltd \u2022 Boston Oil &#038; Gas Ltd Intercorp Oil Ltd \u2022 Proinolex Agencies Ltd \u2022 Leadership Thrust &#038; Associates Ltd \u2022 Comas International Services Ltd Community Efforts and Development Chicason is endowed with Great Spirit of philanthropic disposition. He has always undertaken laudable projects within and outside the state. For instance he has awarded scholarships to a good number of students for secondary and tertiary institutions, in the country and overseas. The recipients and beneficiaries come from different parts of the globe. Currently he is the: \u2022 National President of the Less Privileged Association of Nigeria \u2022 Patron, Red Cross Society Nnewi, Division \u2022 Patron , Boys Brigade Nigeria \u2022 Patron, Nigerian Union of Journalists, Anambra\/Enugu States Chapter \u2022 Vice President of Nnewi Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture 1991 1992 \u2022 Patron, Nigerian Economics Students Association( NESA) \u2022 Hon Vice President, Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture \u2022 Patron, Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce \u2022 Immediate Past President, Nnewi Chamber of Commerce, Mines &#038; Agriculture \u2022 Member, Nigeria-South African Chamber of Commerce. Awards and Honours Too many awards and honours from overseas and from the country but prominent ones he cherishes include \u2022 Rotary Club International, Paul Harris Award \u2022 Community Service Award from the Nigerian Union of Journalists Anambra\/Enugu States Council \u2022 Community Service Award from Rotary Club International, Nnewi District 914, Ekulu 1999 \u2022 Community Service Award of Rotary Club International of Nnewi- 1992 \u2022 Eminent Knight of the Great Order of St Christopher (KSC) by the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion Membership of Professional Associations \u2022 Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Sales Management ( FNISM) \u2022 Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Corporate Administration ( FCAI) \u2022 And many others. He has a humble and pleasant disposition that attracts people to him, especially those with problems. He is able to listen to people&#8217;s needs and help as much as he can. He is indeed a generous and kind man. He is known to have left his own personal problems in an effort to help those in need. He is supremely a devout Christian, married and blessed with children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209,307],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10082","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person","category-industrialist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10082"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}