{"id":18188,"date":"2017-03-29T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18188"},"modified":"2017-05-30T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:21:05","slug":"ugwu-charles-onyekachi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ugwu-charles-onyekachi\/","title":{"rendered":"UGWU, Charles Onyekachi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: July 1967 State of Origin: Enugu. Local Government Area: Nsukka Contact Address Premier Junction, Umeabor Eha-AIumona, Nsukka Enugu State Hon Charles Onyekachi Ugvvu is a reputable farmer. Although he studied physics as an academic discipline, his natural interest in farming has taken greater part of his time than any other profession. He is however, a brilliant physicist and politician who believes that feeding the nation first, is a primary step forward lo the industrial and technological take off that we are aspiring for. Ilis interest in rural development has also challenged him to take up to mechanized and commercial farming for the progress and development ofthe rural areas ofthe country. Education \u2022 University of Jos. B.Sc Physics Work Experience \u2022 NYSC and thereafter, went into full time farming. \u2022 Established large farms and applied modern industrial equipment and scientific methods \u2022 Made success ofthe farming business and improved methods of farming and use ol&#8221;result oriented agricultural production techniques and initiatives. \u2022 He excelled in the use of modern methods and equipment, and others borrowed from him. \u2022 Joined parly politics \u2022 Between 1997 and 1998. he had already made a significant input \u2022 Appointed Councillor and Later Supervisory Councillor Nsukka Local Government Area \u2022 Appointed Commissioner of Finance in the State Executive Council 1999 &#8211; 2003 \u2022 In this position. Hon Ugvvu established in a very strong way. the practice ofTransparency, Honesty. Integrity and Accountability in private and public domains of life in the State. \u2022 Workers Salaries were paid on time, allowances and arrears of salaries were cleared. \u2022 His track record of honesty had won him the confidence ofthe people. \u2022 In 2003. Hon Ugvvu contested the Federal Seat at the National Assembly to represent Nsukka \/ Igboeze South Federal Constituency \u2022 Member. National Assembly 2003 &#8211; 2007 At the National Assembly \u2022 Speaks with boldness and authority against Poverty and Unemployment. \u2022 Has stood firm against Igbo marginalization in the scheme of things in the country. \u2022 Supports the Crusade for Poverty Elimination Programmes. \u2022 Has brought some infrastructures in his constituency HonUgwuCharles Onyekachi is a happily married man with two children. He is a practical man and believes that hard work and proper accountability and honesty can build a nation and an individual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,2413],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18188","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-farmer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18188","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\/18188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18188"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}