The Professional Excellence Foundation of Nigeria in line
with its mandate of recognizing professionals who have excelled in their chosen
fields, have chosen on merit Osita Chidoka, the Ike Obosi, for the
distinguished fellow award, reports ITRealms.
Chidoka apart from serving as the Minister of Aviation in
the last regime in Nigeria, was also the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, where he transformed the agency to an award winning organisation.
In the process, the FRSC won various international awards
and became, according to the World Bank, a model for other road safety
organisations across Africa.
These were some of the achievements that earned Chidoka the
Distinguished Fellow Award.
Chidoka obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management
from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters of Public Policy degree
from the prestigious School of Public Policy at George Mason University in the
United States of America.
He has a Certificate in Global Strategy and Political
Economy from Oxford University, UK and a Graduate Diploma in Maritime and Ports
Management from the National University of Singapore.
The induction of Chidoka will take place at The Hotel
Victoria Palace, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday (April 27, 2017).
PEFON, a non-profit and a Non-Governmental Organization, was
established primarily to mitigate the dire shortage in the supply of
professionally qualified and competent manpower for the various sectors of Nigerian
economy.
The Foundation was an initiative of Dr. Dipo Bailey and it
is an off shoot of Bailey Professional Training and Development Center, which
was established in 1998.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of
distinguished professionals, including Engr. Edet Amana, Alhaji Mohammed
Hayatudeen, Akinbayo Adenubi and Dr. Stella Okoli.
The Board is headed by Prince Julius Adelusi Adeluyi.
PEFON's major strength as a Foundation lies in its Board of
Trustees, the Council and Distinguished fellows who are accomplished
industrialists, technocrats, qualified professionals in diverse areas, present
and past presidents of professional institutes and other core professionals who
have excelled in private and public administration and who have distinguished
themselves in various fields within and outside Nigeria.
These distinguished professionals under the umbrella of
PEFON periodically organize fora to deliberate on policies for promoting
development of Nigeria economically and industrially.
After a stellar and award-winning public career, Chidoka
joined Mobil Producing Nigeria, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, as a
Senior Adviser on Government and Business Relations.
It was in this role, in 2007, that the then President of
Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, sought him out and appointed him as the Corps
Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
His leadership of the FRSC led to the transformation of the
Commission to a functional Lead Agency in Road Traffic Administration and
Safety Management in the country, driven by information and communication
technology.
His visionary leadership and pursuit of global standard at
FRSC led to the certification of the Commission by the Standards Organization
of Nigeria, which conferred the Quality Management System Certificate (ISO
9001:2008 Certification) on the Commission on April 15, 2013.
In recognition of Chidoka’s enormous contributions to
national and community development, he was invested with the traditional title
of Ike-Obosi (Strength of Obosi) and a member of Ndi-Ichie, the highest
decision making body of Obosi Traditional Council of Anambra State in May,
2009.
He bagged the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
Merit Award on November 27, 2010, and the Institute of Logistics Management of
Nigeria Fellowship Award in July 2011.
He was conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award for
Good Governance and Model on Road Safety by the Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka on November 12, 2011.
And in recognition of his patriotic disposition to his
fatherland, former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on November 14, 2011
conferred him with Nigeria’s national honour of Officer of the Federal
Republic.
He won the Sun and Hallmark Newspapers Public Servant of the
Year 2012 awards and under him, the FRSC won Leadership Newspapers Government
Agency of the year 2012 award.
Chidoka was born on July 18, 1971.
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