A Nigerian management executive and entrepreneurship development consultant, Nze Fidelis Ozichukwu Chukwu has emerged the new president general of Apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
He is to exhaust the Imo State’s remaining tenure, which ends on January 10, 2025.
The youth wing of Ohanaeze led by Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu has already endorsed the new president.
Chukwu’s emergence followed a chain of catastrophes, which visited Ohanaeze after Ambassador Professor George Obiozor died in 2022.
In order to complete the tenure of Imo State, the people of Imo State presented Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu to Imeobi Ohanaeze for the replacement of the Late Obiozor.
By the application of a doctrine of necessity, Iwuanyanwu was sworn-in on April 30, 2023. Unfortunately, he died on July 25, 2024 and was buried on November 1, 2024.
In line with the doctrine of necessity, the Imo State Chapter of Ohanaeze, led by Barrister C.J Ihemedu, presented Nze Ozichukwu to the Imeobi Ohanaeze last Saturday to exhaust the balance of the four-year tenure allotted to Imo State.
The motion for the adoption of Nze Ozichukwu was moved by Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, Chairman Imo Council of Elders and seconded by Chief Simon Okeke (Ochendo).
In moving the motion, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya stated that Ozichukwu is a cerebral thinker with sterling qualities.
The new Ohanaeze president general attended prestigious institutions like Templeton College, Oxford University, Harvard University (Harvard Institute for International Development), Cambridge.
Massachusetts. USA, University of Bristol’s School for Advanced Urban Studies (SAUS) and (School of Policy Studies (SPS), The University of Lagos, Ogun State University (CETEP), and Galilee College, Tivon, Israel and holds M.Sc, MBA, degrees, among others.
He has served as a director at Inland Bank Plc and Managing Director of Nigeria Merchant Bank (NMB) Plc. He is a founding member of the Technical Committee for Privatization and Commercialization (TCPC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
He was also chairman of the Presidential Committee for the Reorganization of the River Basin Development Authorities in Nigeria. He was a member of the 2005 National Political Reform Conference.
The new Ohanaeze PG served as National Vice Chairman/Chairman PDP South East Zone for eight years and thereafter returned to management consulting.
