{"id":18651,"date":"2017-03-31T01:53:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T00:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18651"},"modified":"2017-05-31T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T09:27:37","slug":"uzoh-vistson-c","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/uzoh-vistson-c\/","title":{"rendered":"UZOH, Vistson C."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Thursday (Nkwo) 11&#8243;&#8216; February, 1960 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Ideato North Chief Vistson C Uzoh is the Chairman\/Chief Executive Officer. Uzoh Vistson &#038; Associates Ltd. a company well established in the Building and Plumbing Industry and as a major importer of Construction materials. It has been a service company for many years. Education \u2022 St Mary&#8217;s Primary School. First School Leaving Certificate. General Certificate of Education O-Level. 1980 Business Establishment On leaving Grammar School, in 1980. the young Uzoh decided to make a career in Business Enterprise which he saw as a call to duty and vocation. He knew what he wanted and concentrated on it while undergoing the formal training programmes on aspects oflhe business, the international links, marketing strategy, customer service, methods of importation and clearing at the wharf, distribution network, banking system, etc. He vvas smart and learnt in a very short time to the pleasure of his mentor. \u2022 Thereafter, he established his own Business Venture on a modest scale,after acquiringall the necessaryskill and other capital assets. \u2022 With commitment and hard work, his building materials section blossomed. \u2022 With Growth and Expansion, the Company Uzoh Vistson &#038; Associates Ltd became a member of Lagos Chamber ol&#8221; Commerce and Industry \u2022 No sooner than that, the company became a member ol* Asian Chambers of Commerce and the Association of Igbos In Commerce ( AIC) of which he serves dual roles of its Deputy President in addition to being a full time member \u2022 Ile has also served as the former President ofthe Odun-Ade Building Materials Dealers Association. Membership of Social Organisations and Non-Professional Service \u2022 Member of Rotary Club Okota \u2022 Member. Peoples Club ol&#8221;Nigeria Lagos Branch. \u2022 Former President\/Member. Oganihu Age Grade of Obodoukvvu \u2022 Former Treasurer\/Member of Obodo Town Union. \u2022 Former President oflgbo Speaking Community Oshodi-lsolo Local Government Area Lagos State. Awards and Honours \u2022 Received numerous awards and titles for his selfless services and support to many groups and individuals. \u2022 In recognition of his contributions to the development ofthe communities, he has been awarded many chieftaincy titles from across the country. \u2022 Nigerian Institute of Management conferred on him an award for excellentservices to Business and Management and in recognition of his leadership skill Chief Uzoh has done a lot to improve the life ofthe rural people in Obodoukvvu and manyother surrounding towns in Idealo Local Government Area. In Lagos, he has spent a lot oftime and money setting up younger business men. He has made enormous contributions to security outfitofthe community. He is a generous and hard working man. He is married and has a lovely family. His advice to the young people is &#8216;money is noteverything. &#8216; He wants the Igbo Leaders lo unite and tackle the problems ol&#8221; Igbo Nation. &#8220;Learn how to select a leader and supportthe chosen one &#8220;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18651","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18651","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18651"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}