{"id":14797,"date":"2017-03-09T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14797"},"modified":"2017-05-15T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:47:10","slug":"onwumere-nicholas","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onwumere-nicholas\/","title":{"rendered":"ONWUMERE, Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: 1956 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Oru East Village\/ Town: Umudaraocha-Awo-Omamma Hon Chief (Dr.) Nicholas Onwumere vvas born 50 years ago to the family of Chief and Lolo Peter Onvvumere in Umudaraocha, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. This is a family with strong Christian faith and background which influenced Nicholas’ early childhood and still determine his position on any matter. Education \u2022 Umuokvve Primary School \u2022 Comprehensive Secondary School Awo-Omamma \u2022 Pontifical Urban University Rome, Italy \u2022 Institute of Business Administration, London \u2022 University of Lagos \u2022 Enugu State University (ESUT) He has the following academic qualifications \u2022 V\\fASC,G.CE- O\/ALevels, HD(HigherDiploma),PD(Professional Diploma)in BusinessAdministration,Higher Diplomain Entrepreneurial Studies (ESUT), Certificate in Stress Management (University of Lagos) Membership of Professional Associations \u2022 Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Salesmanship \u2022 Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management ( MIN) \u2022 Fellow of Institute of Corporate Administration ( FICA) Job Experiences and Employment Group President Nichben Group of Companies comprising: \u2022 Nichben Pharm Industries Nig. Ltd. \u2022 Nichben Distilleries Nig. \u2022 Nichben Plastics Ltd \u2022 Nichben & Co Ltd \u2022 Chairman Awo-Omamma Community Bank Ltd. Community Development Efforts A pillar in the field of Rural Development Love for his people challenged him to establish all his factories at Awo-Omamma to enable them get jobs and improve life standard. Has offered jobs to over 265 people in his large companies and industries. Has improved the economic life of the local community by investing at home. Tarred a 2 kilometre road and named it after himself- Nichben Road that adjoins AwoOmamma and neighbouring town Amiri. Installed High and Low Tension Electricity Project from Nkwo to Daraocha through Umuejike with 300 KVA Transformer. This was commissioned by the one time Governor of Imo State Navy Captain J.N.J Aneke on August 4, 1995. Built Daraocha Hall, Helped in the building of St Basil’s Church and St Patrick’s Church Awarded scholarship to many students from Awo-Omamma for Primary, Secondary and University Education Patron ofNUJ – Nigerian Union of Journalist Lagos State Chapter Patron, NUJ – Nigeria Union ofJournalist ,Imo State Chapter Patron , NUJ Nigeria Union o f Journalist, Enugu State Chapter Grand Patron Imo Town Union, Patron, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria Patron, Iraq Chamber ofCommerce Member, 1996 USA Olympic Fund Raising Committee Member, 1994 World Cup Fund Raising Committee Member, Imo State Industrial Development Committee Member, Trade Leaders Club Madrid Spain President, Umuokwe Social Club Nigeria President, Awo-Omamma Patriotic Union, Lagos Branch Treasurer, Awo-Omamma Club of Nigeria President General, Awo-Omamma Patriotic Union, ( APU) Headquarters Honours and Awards \u2022 Many chieftaincy titles eg Ugochinyere ofAtta \u2022 Uju ofAwo-Omamma \u2022 Oshimiri ofOrlu \u2022 Chimereze of Nkwerre Hemadeimpact on the Global Business Community and as a result, got many national and international awards and recognitions for his efforts. These include: \u2022 National Productivity Merit Award by the Federal Government of Nigeria for his efforts at Industrialization \u2022 Most Admired General Manufacturer of the Year 2000 by the Chartered Institute of Marketing ofNigeria \u2022 Rolls of Honour from various Chambers ofCommerce viz Orlu, Owerri, Lagos, etc. \u2022 Captain of Industry Award, by the Imo State Government \u2022 Superior & Distinctive Award of Honour by the African Foundation for Tourism Development Inc. \u2022 African Award of Excellence Dakar Senegal 1996 \u2022 Global Award for good Manufacturing & Excellence Switzerland Doctorate Degree by Cornerstone University USA Hon Doctorate Degree by Levitc Universities USA Grand Commander- International Order of Merit ( GCOM) by the Federal Republic of Tanzania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[452,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14797","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-media","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14797","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14797"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}