THE OUTSTANDING LEGACY PROFILE OF UGWUMBA UCHE NWOSU,THE IMO
CHIEF OF STAFF
An illustrious son of Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire in Nkwerre
Local Government Area of Imo State. Chief Uche Nwosu was born on the 8th of
August, 1975 into the family of late Rev. Daniel Nwaobi Nwosu and Mrs. Jemaimah
Nwosu.
Young Uche had his primary education at Shehu Sanda Kerimi
Primary School Maiduguri between 1982 and 1988. This was followed by his
Secondary training at the Government Secondary School, Gubio, Borno State and
Comprehensive Secondary School Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre, Imo state (1988-1994). He
obtained the WAEC School Certificate in flying colors.
By 1995 Uche secured admission into Imo State University,
Owerri where he studied Urban and Regional Planning. He pursued his studies at
the University with zeal and commitment from 1995 to 2000 when he graduated
with a B.Sc second class honours degree.
During his time in the University, Uche Nwosu passionately
played active parts in Students Union politics culminating in his being elected
the first Students Union Government (SUG) Director of Transport in IMSU. During
his time as the Director of Transport, he played an outstanding role towards
the upliftment of that section. Subsequently, he held the following positions.
Secretary, SUG Caretaker Committee,Secretary, National
Association of Nigerian Students, Imo State Chapter.
After graduation from the University, his working experience
spans over ten years in different capacities viz:
-Personal Assistant to the President Rochas Foundation.
-Personal Assistant to the Special Adviser on Inter-Party
-Relations to the President and Commander-In-Chief.
-Director of Finance, Action Alliance.
-Former National Secretary, Action Alliance.
-Personal Assistant to the President of the Nigerian Red
Cross Society.
-Deputy Chief of Staff to the Founder of Rochas Foundation.
Apart from these, Uche had developed competence and capacity
in issues relating to Real Estate, Aviation, Consultancy and Human Management.
Hon. Nwosu has travelled extensively around the globe and
has undergone training in such professional areas as Town Planning, Estate
Management, Human Resource Development, Corporate Governance, Intelligence and
Security etc.
In June, 2011, His Excellency, Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha
(OON), the Executive Governor of Imo State appointed him as his Deputy Chief of
Staff (Operations).
Further to this and in recognition of his hard work,
diligence and sense of responsibility, His Excellency, the Governor in April,
2012 found him worthy to be appointed an Honorable Commissioner. He was charged
with the responsibility of overseeing the tough and challenging Ministry of
Lands, Survey, and Urban Development.
As commissioner in charge of the ministry of Lands, survey
and urban planning, Nwosu performed creditably well and brought numerous
innovations to the ministry, top of which were the re-certification and
digitalization of certificate of occupancy (C of O), the opening of numerous layouts
in the state, the creation of the Imo Lands and Lands among others.
While serving in that capacity and as a result of his
outstanding performance as noted above, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu won the many awards
including the best commissioner in urban development in Nigeria in 2014.
His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha again recognized his
professional competence, managerial dexterity and calm disposition and
re-assigned him as the chief of staff, administration, Imo state Government
House which made him to serve in dual capacity as a commissioner and deputy
chief of staff which he held until Imo Executive council was dissolved in 2015.
As a result of his outstanding performances noted above,
even while performing on dual capacity, the Governor of Imo state His
Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha (OON) considered him as a suitable candidate
and appointed him his Chief of Staff on June 2015.
As the Chief of
staff, Imo State Government House, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu has brought tremendous
transformation to the office, making it a cynosure of all eyes. Reward for hard
work they say is more work.
This saying was brought to bear in the case of Ugwumba Uche
Nwosu as Governor Okorocha again added to him the responsibility of the
supervisory commissioner for special duties, making him to continue to function
in dual capacity. This is in addition to their chairmanship and membership of
numerous committees including that which cleared arrears of salaries and
pensions for Imo workers and pensioners in December, 2015.
His unrivaled performance while discharging his duties was
recognized by Imo masses and the judges who voted him the overall and best
performing Government appointee within the five years of rescue mission
administration, an open account for stewardship rendered by key appointees in
the rescue mission government cabinet which was organized by the Nigerian Union
of Journalists, Imo state council.
Like his master and mentor, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu’s
philanthropic and humanitarian spirit will stop at nothing to make sure that
the lots of those around him and the society in general is bettered. This is
why he has embarked on many people oriented, life transforming projects and
engaged in numerous humanitarian services including :
-Construction of borehole at Onusa Nkwerre
-Construction of the borehole to the people of Umuezeanoruo
community Nkwerre.
-Construction of three boreholes at different locations for
the people of Eziama Obaire autonomous community in Nkwerre LGA.
-Distribution of more than five hundred tricycles to empower
youths in Nkwerre LGA.
-Scholarship up to university level to over on e Hundred
(100) students of the LGA both home and abroad.
-Training and empowerment of over Two Hundred artisans from
the LGA.
-Furnishing and sinking of borehole at DSS and police
offices in Nkwerre LGA respectively.
-Renovation of community primary school Eziama Obaire.
-Building of administrative blocks of comprehensive
secondary school Eziama Obaire.
-Donation of transformer to umuaro community.
-Building of ICT centre in Eziama Obaire.
-Sponsoring of 28 personel for vocational studies in
Germany.
-Provision of solar street powered street lights to Eziama
Obaire community.
-Donation of vehicles to the traditional rulers of Eziama
Obaire and Umuezeanoruo autonomous communities of Nkwerre LGA.
As a further manifestation of his sagacity to discharge his
responsibilities with dexterity, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu used his office as the
Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okorocha to
secure a permanent orientation camp as aginst the old and dilapidated one. This
singular gesture saved Imo state the embarrassment of the corp members posted
to the state having their orientation training at Akwa Ibom state.
Though a humane gentleman from Eziama Obaire in Nkwerre LGA
who is just an appointee he has been able to do this much for the people of his
local government and federal constituency in general. However, his humanitarian
gesture is not limited to Nkwerre or his federal constituency alone. Some of
the people under his scholarship programme, the artisans he has empowered and
those he has helped to secure meaningful employment and appointments also cut
across the length and breadth of the entire Imo state and beyond.
As a good team player, fine gentleman and astute manager of
human and capital resources, Nwosu has a high knowledge of human relation. In
all the positions he has held as a member of the executive council of Imo
state, every single person that has worked under him pray and wish to continue
working under him. Part of the innovation he carries along with him to give
sense of belonging to staff under him is the Christmas/end of the year party
for all staff under him. This is a platform which he uses to appreciate and
reward hard work and dedication to duty among the staff.
A committed Christian and again like his master and mentor,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Ugwumba Nwosu recognizes the fact that every good gifts
comes from God who has the power to enthrone and dethrone kings and that the
best place to offer most of his philanthropic and humanitarian services through
the church and never spare a thought in helping to build a place of worship for
the Lord.
The churches he renovated in Nkwerre LGA includes;
-St. Pauls’ Anglican church Nkwerre
- St. Mathews’ Anglican Church Amaokpara
-Renovation of St. michaels’ Catholic
-Catholic Parish parsonage Eziama Obaire
-St. Peters’ Anglican Church Eziama Obaire to mention but a
few.
-He donated generously towards the new church building of
Holy Cross Catholic Parish Aladimma Owerri Municipal council and single
handedly tarred the church building. He honours invitation from many churches
across the state and beyond and lives his imprints in the sands of time before
departure.
These kind gestures and disposition to the church of God had
gone unnoticed. As a result, he has garnered several awards from numerous
churches, one of the most recent and perhaps one of the most outstanding being
the award as an ambassador of Peace by the Holy Cross Catholic Church Aladinma.
As a man who strikes a good balance between religious,
traditional and social life, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu’s contribution towards
traditional and social well being of the people of Imo state and Nigerians at
large, has equally not gone unnoticed.
It has attracted him awards, recognitions and chieftaincy
titles as;
-Ugwumba of Eziama Obaire, Amaigbo and Obowo
-Ochinanwata 1 of Abia state
- Adeyemi of Yorubaland by the Yoruba Community in Imo stat
- Danzaki Of Dass,Bauchi state.
In December 2015, during a grand reception organized in his
honour by the leaders of Isu/Njaba/Nkwerre/Nwangele state constituency, all the
traditional rulers in the state uniamousily conferred on him a chieftaincy
title of Ugwumba Gburugburu of Imo state.
He has also continued to garner awards from organizations
like; the Nigerian institute of quantity surveyors, Nigerian institution of
Estate surveyors and valuers, Nigerian institute of Builders.
He is equally a grand patron of; Rochas Foundation Old Boys
Association (ROFOSA), Actors Guild of Nigeria, Imo state chapter, Nigerian
Institute of Building (NIOB) among others.
Nwosu who is an active member Nigerian Institute of Town
planners (NITP), a fellow of Chattered Institute of Corporate Administrators of
Nigeria (FCAI) as well as an associate member, Association of Nigerian Autthors
(ANA) Imo state chapter.
Politically, he is a member of the All Progressive Congress
(APC). During the run up to the 2015 general elections, he won the
gubernatorial ticket of the party in Imo state, but in a move which has been
termed unprecedented, he relinquished his ticket to his boss, Owelle Rochas
Okorocha.
In Imo state, he is well known as a top advocate of youths
and students, to this group of people, he is a mentor, motivator as well as a
role model. His numerous contributions towards rightly positioning youths and
students of Imo state is well known to the general public and has not gone
unheralded. He has received the following awards and recognition from youths and
students bodies;
- ‘Architect of good governance’ by the National Association
of Nigerian Students (NANS),
-pillar of students’ unionism’ by the SUG of Imo state
University.
-National patron youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN),
-Grand patron Arewa youths Ambassadors Congress (AYAC), a
group uniting youths in the 19 Northern states of Nigerian.
In further pursuit of his great zeal to empower youths and
students of Imo state and beyond, Nwosu is set to meaningfully empower about
1000 youths in different fields of
endeavour before the end of 2017. This is made public while receiving
members of National Union On Imo state students (NUISS) who paid him a courtesy
visit in his office recently.
As a shining Imo star ,two ultramodern toilet
facilities built and donated to the
institution by the amiable and indefatigable Chief of Staff of IMO State
Government was commissioned. This was part of the activities that heralded the
institution’s 2016 convocation ceremony
and Alumni home coming. He also gave out different categories of awards to the
best graduating students in the entire faculty of environmental science. In
addition his annual football competition which has been upgraded to include
female version was formalized.
We are happy to recall here that Ugwumba Uche Nwosu is one
of the worthy alumnus of IMO State University who passed through the
institution and allowed the institution pass through him.
The great IMO star recognizes the fact that the institution
impacted so much in him and finds so much joy in utilizing any opportunity to
give back to the institution. He also recognizes so much that the qualities
that endeared him to his principal, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and kept him so
relevant in the rescue mission was developed and nurtured at the university
where he distinguished himself as the Pioneer
Director of Sports in the Students’ Union Government.
Ugwumba Uche Nwosu developing from our local higher
institution and for the fact that he has continued to showcase this fact while
identifying
with all the activities that go on in the university is a
shining example to the students of the higher institution and Nigerian youths
in general.
As the management, lecturers and students of Imo State
University has continued to savor the benefits of the magnanimous gesture of
the erudite Chief of Staff of IMO State government House.
The entire management and staff of IMO State University, the
Alumni and Students are grateful to God for the likes of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu,
who has distinguished himself through
unparalleled philanthropic gestures by giving back to the higher institution
that molded and shaped him into a
man of valor he is today.
On the 17th Day of
March 2017, Nwosu made another mark in
his contribution to his alma matta when he Laid the foundation stone for the
immediate commencement of the building of a Students Union Secretariat.
Ugwumba Uche Nwosu is happily married to an amiable and
delatable Mrs. Uloma Nwosu (Nee Okorocha) and the marriage is currently blessed
with three precious boys.
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