GLIMPSES OF CHIEF (BARR.) CHUKWUEMEKA NGOZICHINEKE WOGU Ph.D, FNIM,CON

By Ngwafactsnews media Reports.

Prodigious and imbued with the excellent spirit of God, he is by every dint of imagination an early starter. Begat on January 29, 1965 to Late Elder Joseph Wogu and his stunning wife, Late Mrs. Nnennaya Wogu, exceptionally brilliant Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu at an impressionable age of ten in 1975 from primary 5 passed common entrance Examination in flying colours and made Division 1 in West African School Certificate in 1980

That was not all, at 26, when most of his contemporaries were yet to find their bearing, the bourgeoning young man in 1991 was elected Vice Chairman of ABA South Local Government Council and later Acting Chairman of Council.

At the expiration of his tenure in 1993, the grassroot politician tested His popularity and acceptability by his people and contested for the Chairmanship position of ABA South Local Government Area. The maverick politician dusted his opponents and roared to victory.

A good and service-oriented leader, Barr. Emeka Ngozi Wogu selflessly and satisfactorily served the people of Aba South..

At 59, the rising political profile of Chief Emeka Ngozi Wogu , NWADIALA of Aba, the most cherished chieftancy title of the many he has been conferred with, is intimidating and exampliary as he is a role model to his generation.

On a steady float on the political ladder, Barr. Wogu was elected as Member of the Federal House of Representatives in 1998. In 1999, he functioned briefly as a Political Adviser to Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, and later represented Abia State for two terms as a Commissioner at the Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Committee.

Still on upward mobile swing politically, this man of great stature and excellent manager of human and material resources was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2010 by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

On assumption of office on April 6, 2010, a planned nation-wide strike by the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) for April 8, loomed large on the New Minister’s face. As an adroit and skillful tactician, Chief Emeka Ngozi Wogu successfully talked the leadership of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council off the strike till the end of April. What transpired there after is now history.

For his dexterity and astute administrative acumen, the high flyer was briefly appointed Alternate Minister for the Ministry of Interior.

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Chief Wogu resigned His Ministerial appointment in October 2010 to contest for the Governorship seat of ABIA State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His ambition alongside many other Governorship aspirants was truncated by the powers that be then in the State. A faithful and loyal party man, he was appointed a member of the Presidential Campaign Organisation for the re-election of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR in 2015..

Not satisfied by the shoddy treatment meted to some of the Governorship aspirants during the PDP gubernatorial primary, Chief Emeka Ngozi Wogu, decent and no nonsense man, decamped from the PDP and pitched tent with Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA). Today, Chief Emeka Wogu, a National Merit Award holder of CON, National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM), is the Leader of the APC in Aba North/South Local Government Areas.

A cerebral intellectual thirsty for knowledge, after his primary education secured admission into the prestigious Ngwa High School, Aba. He made Division 1 in the West African School Certificate in 1980. There after, he proceeded to the Federal School of Arts & Science, Aba for his Higher School Certificate between 1981 – 1982. Between 1982 and 1986,, he bagged a Law Degree from the Imo State University and a BL from the Nigeria Law School in 1987. Yes

Ever willing to learn, Barr. Emeka Wogu acquired a Master of Public Administration (2004) from the University of Calabar and yet another Masters Degree in Political Science from Nassarawa State University in 2011 all in distinctions. He had in 2008 garnered a Certificate in Benchmarking Emerging Markets from S.P. Jain Institute of Management, Singapore. To crown his academic pursuits, the polyvalent scholar earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree Ph.D in Political Science from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka in distinction.
Hot headed, Dr. Emeka Ngozi Wogu has been busy imparting knowledge to a legion of students in higher institutions across the country. A mobile scholar, he at various times been guest lecturer at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Ibadan ,Nigerian Defence College (NDC) and National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies, Kuru to mention a few where he delivered well researched and thought provoking lectures

Dr. Emeka Wogu belong to many professional bodies including Nigerian Barr. Associon }NBA).Nigeria Institute of Management , Member Internation Barr. Association amongst many other.

Humane, humble soft spoken and compassionate, Chief Emeka Wogu, Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, is a philanthropist of note. He has awarded scholarships to dozens of indigent students and has continuously given to widows and the less privileged in the society via his foundation.

Adam Grant captures the leader in Chief Barr. Emeka Ngozi Wogu Ph.D in these words: ‘Good leaders build products. Great leaders build cultures. Good leaders deliver results. Great leaders develop people. Good leaders have vision. Great leaders have values. Good leaders are role models at work. Great leaders are role models in life.’

An embodiment of the afore listed virtues, Dr. Emeka Wogu , at 59, still has brighter future prospects to further serve his State and nation at large in other capacities, hence only time will tell.