{"id":9802,"date":"2018-11-21T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=9802"},"modified":"2018-11-21T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T14:46:50","slug":"ezenna-chief-tony-i","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ezenna-chief-tony-i\/","title":{"rendered":"EZENNA, Chief Anthony Ifeanyichukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Ideato South; Village\/Town: Akokwa; Tony is the Executive Chairman of Orange Drugs Limited who has turned the erstwhile obscure Moribund Pharmaceutical Company into a lively show piece and beacon of hope and respected outfit. This is a mark of ingenuity and honesty in responsible position. Hard work is essential but more so accountability and integrity give the results of hard work a lasting and perpetual effect. Tony’s Success story started as an ordinary Intern in his father’s Chemist Shop. As an astute entrepreneur, he has nurtured the Orange Drugs Company to an enviable height. According to him, his foray into Pharmaceutical Industry was fired by the need to clean up the pollution in the Industry. The Chairman said he settled down in an area where he hopes his contribution will affect the lives of many Nigerians. That is the area of life he stands today as an ICON. Other Contributions to the Society in General \u2022 Not only in Pharmaceuticals and Health care delivery but in other areas of life. \u2022 Endowment fund for scholarship awards to deserving students from his home town Akokwa \u2022 Enormous contribution to the many Developmental Projects in the state and in many other parts of the world \u2022 Building of roads in Akokwa, provision of social amenities like good drinking water \u2022 Completion of the Big Catholic Church in the town. \u2022 Former President of Owerri Sports Club, with enough funds to uplift the Club to a first class height. Proposals for Expansion \u2022 To make Orange Drug’s Company one of the biggest in the World of Pharmaceuticals \u2022 To control a large share of the Pharmaceutical Market in Nigeria \u2022 To expand the range of products for affordable prices e.g. Procold, Dankos Mixagrip and Delta Soap. These ranges of products have continued to make appreciable impact as household names. Chieftaincy title: Ikenga Akokwa. Married and blessed with 5 children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":24872,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9802","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9802","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24871,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9802\/revisions\/24871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9802"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}