{"id":13863,"date":"2017-03-03T18:45:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=13863"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:37:07","slug":"igwesi-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/igwesi-u-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"IGWESI. U.S.A"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: August 1960 State of Origin: Enugu Local Government Area: Nkanu West Contact Address: Nkanu\/East and West Agbani, Nkanu West L.G.A. Enugu State Contact Telephone: 234-8033100249 lion U.S.A. Igwesi is a young dynamic politician who within the shorl time of’4’1′ Republic gained wide experience of membership ofthe two Houses ofAssembly. He has represented Nkanu West State Constituency at the Enugu State House ofAssembly and gone over to Abuja to represent the Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. In both places, he has shown maturity and sense of good leadership expected ol” those able to pilot the affairs ofthe great nation. lion Igwesi has a very big sympathy for the poor and has for long stood for the policies that will totally eradicate poverty from the Oil Rich Nation. Nigeria. Education \u2022 Enugu State University of Science and Technology, B.Sc Hons. \u2022 University of Nigeria. Nsukka M.Sc Work Experience \u2022 SlaffENDEP-amedia outfit \u2022 Rose to the position of Manager ol” ENDEP- State Media Organization. \u2022 Decided to go into Politics- \u2022 Joined PDP- People’s Democratic Party \u2022 Contested a seat for the Enugu Stale House ofAssembly and won in 1999 \u2022 Elecied Majority Leader at the Slate House ofAssembly. \u2022 Proved a brilliant resourceful Leader and a transparently honest man. Performed brilliantly between 1999 and 2003 \u2022 (iot another mandate to represent now the entire Nkanu East and Nkanu West Federal Constituency at the National Assembly where he is now as the Representative ofthe people. \u2022 Ile throws in his weight behind every programme that will enhance the Igbo Cause and he is a committed Igbo patriot. Community Development \u2022 Sponsored many indigent students in school \u2022 Ilas contributed to local development projects. He is a happily married man and they are blessed with a child. 274 IHEANACHO, Emmanuel State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Owerri North Village\/Town: Emekuku Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho isa Shipping Magnate. He isanauthority inthe Maritime Sector ofNigerian Economy. Meanwhile, heis the chairman ofa large indigenous shipping company. Genesis Worldwide Shipping Limited. He is anemployer ol” labour, a shrewd business strategist and a hard working man who has set a pace in the shipping industry in the West African Sub region. Born in the 1950s. Captain Iheanacho began his business enterprise in the 1970s as a Custom Officer when he had the privilege lo go on board as a Boarding Oliicer. That experience built upa strong interest in him. Heexplored thepossibilities ol” carving a niche for himselfthrough that experience. In 1972. he served as a Deck Officer Cadet and in 1982. having passed through the ranks, he attained the position of a Master Mariner and later appointed as a Captain in 1984. Career History \u2022 Passed through all the cadres and attained the zenith in his career in Merchant Navy \u2022 Tooka job in the UK as a Corporate Planning Executive, United Kingdom WestAfrican Conference. \u2022 Launched into private business and established Genesis Worldwide Shipping Ltd- a shipping company that started with no ship but today has a licet of ships. His shipping outfit is the most viable totally controlled by Nigerians. Education and Training \u2022 Formal qualification, as professional Master Mariner \u2022 M.Sc in International Transport from the University ol” Wales \u2022 MBA in General Management from university of Bradford Contributions in the Profession and Society \u2022 Developed Maritime Operations- ethics, administration, operational systems, etc \u2022 Contributed much to the Cabotage Law as he has delivered many papers in support of it. \u2022 Encouraged and advocated for more Nigerian participation in Maritime industry as stake holders not as job seeker for foreign entrepreneurs \u2022 Member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). contested in the Senate election but lost to late Senator Amah Iwuagwu who died in 2005. He still believes that the destiny ol’the country lies in the hands ofthe citizens. Business Promotion \u2022 Diversification into Oil and Gas Sectors He is an Icon of Industrial Efficiency and professional excellence. 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