Nigerian Film Corporation celebrates MD at 69
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The management and staff of the Nigerian Film Corporation have congratulated the company's Managing Director, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe on his 69th birthday.
This was contained in a statement from NFC Public Affairs Director Brian Etuk on Saturday. According to Etuk, this milestone is an opportunity not only to celebrate Maduekwe, but also her efforts to reposition the company and the national film industry.
Etuk said: "We wholeheartedly celebrate our patron as he turns 69 today, with so much monumental impact during his years of private and public service. indeed, it was an illustrious journey to inspire young Nigerians through his deep belief in diligence, hard work and turning challenges into opportunities and promoting good governance.
"NFC has witnessed total rebranding and development, having identified that there was work to be done, and it did. Several strategic changes and innovations, especially redefining the new leadership and new direction of the NFC within the Nigerian film industry and extracting it from lame agencies, is evidently attributed to his skills and experience in administration, business, leadership.
"His accomplishments are many and legendary across racial, religious or cultural boundaries, as he truly exemplifies the embodiment of the Ohafia spirit, woven around bravery and creativity. 69 years old, Dr. Maduekwe has charted a divinely ordained and profoundly sublime life course."
Maduekwe, a native of Ohafia in Abia State, graduated from the University of Ibadan as a medical doctor in 1980. Among other public roles in the service of the motherland, he has contested and won election to the House of Representatives in the Third Republic and served as Chairman of the House Committee on Defense in 1992.
He was National Chairman of the Amalgamation of Nigerian Youths Association between 1995 and 1996; Special Assistant for Youth Development to the Minister of Youth and Sports in 1995; and Federal Commissioner, Federal Character Commission, between 1995 and 2001.
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The management and staff of the Nigerian Film Corporation have congratulated the company's Managing Director, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe on his 69th birthday.
This was contained in a statement from NFC Public Affairs Director Brian Etuk on Saturday. According to Etuk, this milestone is an opportunity not only to celebrate Maduekwe, but also her efforts to reposition the company and the national film industry.
Etuk said: "We wholeheartedly celebrate our patron as he turns 69 today, with so much monumental impact during his years of private and public service. indeed, it was an illustrious journey to inspire young Nigerians through his deep belief in diligence, hard work and turning challenges into opportunities and promoting good governance.
"NFC has witnessed total rebranding and development, having identified that there was work to be done, and it did. Several strategic changes and innovations, especially redefining the new leadership and new direction of the NFC within the Nigerian film industry and extracting it from lame agencies, is evidently attributed to his skills and experience in administration, business, leadership.
"His accomplishments are many and legendary across racial, religious or cultural boundaries, as he truly exemplifies the embodiment of the Ohafia spirit, woven around bravery and creativity. 69 years old, Dr. Maduekwe has charted a divinely ordained and profoundly sublime life course."
Maduekwe, a native of Ohafia in Abia State, graduated from the University of Ibadan as a medical doctor in 1980. Among other public roles in the service of the motherland, he has contested and won election to the House of Representatives in the Third Republic and served as Chairman of the House Committee on Defense in 1992.
He was National Chairman of the Amalgamation of Nigerian Youths Association between 1995 and 1996; Special Assistant for Youth Development to the Minister of Youth and Sports in 1995; and Federal Commissioner, Federal Character Commission, between 1995 and 2001.
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