Nick Ezeh
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Professor
| name = Nicholas Chika Ezeh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oji River, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Enugu State, Nigeria)
| citizenship = Nigerian
| alma_mater = International Personnel Academy, Kiev-Ukraine
| known_for = Concessionaire, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex
}}
Nicholas Chika Ezeh (born November 5, 1963) is a Nigerian political economist, politician and entrepreneur.{{Cite web |title=NICK citation.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WFk6B-JoU3aX1TRvOlUrmB4cEZbHY0oW/view?usp=sharing |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=}} {{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}}Ezeh wrote the commercialization proposal for the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex at Lagos in 1993.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-10-23 |title=Iyaloja, others hail concessionaire’s exploits at Lagos Trade Fair complex |url=https://businesshilights.com.ng/2017/10/23/iyaloja-others-hail-concessionaires-exploits-at-lagos-trade-fair-complex/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Business Hilights |language=en-US}} After the promulgation of Decree No. 68 of 1993 which gave birth to the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board (LITFCMB), he became a concessionaire of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex in 2007.{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Ezugwu |first=Obinna |date=2021-03-01 |title=N10trn investments threatened by Lagos Trade fair concession – Business Hallmark |url=https://hallmarknews.com/n10trn-investments-threatened-by-lagos-trade-fair-concession/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=hallmarknews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-09-06 |title=Aulic, Lagos Trade Fair concessionaire faults VP, NCP over ‘announced’ revocation |url=https://businesshilights.com.ng/2017/09/06/aulic-lagos-trade-fair-concessionaire-faults-vp-ncp-over-announced-revocation/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Business Hilights |language=en-US}} He is the Founder of the Aulic Group of Companies which interests are Infrastructural Investment/Development and Economic Management.{{Cite web |title=Aulic boss dismisses FG’s revocation of Trade Fair concession as untrue – Prime Time Reporters |url=https://primetimereporters.com/2017/09/aulic-boss-dismisses-fgs-revocation-of-trade-fair-concession-as-untrue/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=primetimereporters.com}}{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2017-12-12 |title=Igbo coalition faults BPE on concession of Lagos Trade Fair Complex |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/igbo-coalition-faults-bpe-concession-lagos-trade-fair-complex/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=LITFC: FG Terminates Concession Agreement with Aulic Nigeria over Alleged Contract Breach – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/12/01/litfc-fg-terminates-concession-agreement-with-aulic-nigeria-over-alleged-contract-breach/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}} Ezeh was the first president of Sun-Rise Club of Inyi town in Enugu State, noted for noticeably developing the town.{{Cite web |title=Role_of_Sunrise_Club_in_Strategic_Capacity_Building_for_Sustainable_Development_of_Inyi_Autonomous_Communities.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ic8RwDWKlcdXLybVdSivb-agUrY-cOr6/view?usp=sharing |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=}} He is the President and Founder of the Institute of African Studies at the International Personnel Academy, Kiev- Ukraine.{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}} He was the acting national chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-06-16 |title=PCRC National Headquarters Felicitates Newly Promoted Senior Police Officers, Thumbs Up Police Service Commission (PSC) |url=https://newscontinental.com.ng/pcrc-national-headquaters-felicitates-newly-promoted-senior-police-officers-thumbs-up-police-service-commission-psc/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=NewsContinental |language=en-US}} He is the National Deputy Chairman (South), Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria.{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=NewsGlobal |date=2022-12-04 |title=Prof. Nick Ezeh Emerges PCRC Deputy National Chairman South |url=https://newsglobal.com.ng/prof-nick-ezeh-emerges-pcrc-deputy-national-chairman-south/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News Global International – Latest news in nigeria now |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=NIGERIA @64: Professor Nick Ezeh Calls for more Synergy, intelligence Sharing among Security agencies in Tackling Insecurity |url=https://afriquecast.com/blog/1289/nigeria-at-64-professor-nick-ezeh-calls-for-more-synergy-intelligence-sharing-among-security-agencies-in-tackling-insecurity |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=afriquecast.com |language=en}} Ezeh was Senatorial Candidate under Labour Party, Enugu West, during the 2011 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State,{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Gatmash |date=2022-11-08 |title=Legislature should be part-time – Enugu APC senatorial candidate |url=https://gatmash.com/2022/11/08/legislature-should-be-part-time-enugu-apc-senatorial-candidate/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Gatmash – Exclusive Breaking News |language=en-US}} and also Senatorial Candidate under the All Progressives Congress party, Enugu West, during the 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State.{{Cite web |last=Abuchi |first=Joe |date=2023-01-10 |title=2023-Prof. Nick Eze Campaign Organization welcomes Buhari to Enugu. |url=https://authorityngr.com/2023/01/10/2023-prof-nick-eze-campaign-organization-welcomes-buhari-to-enugu/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=THE AUTHORITY NEWS |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=‘APC ‘ll Defeat PDP in Enugu West’ – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/10/20/apc-ll-defeat-pdp-in-enugu-west/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}}{{Cite web |last=Ugwueze |first=Emmanuel |date=2022-10-21 |title=Enugu West ranks among least developed zones in Nigeria – APC chieftain, Ezeh |url=https://dailypost.ng/2022/10/21/enugu-west-ranks-among-least-developed-zones-in-nigeria-apc-chieftain-ezeh/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}} He was awarded "honorary professor" by the Academic Council of the International Personnel Academy, Kiev- Ukraine on May 17, 2010.{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}}
Early life and education
Ezeh was born on November 5, 1963, to Sir Thomas Ezeh and Lady Cecilia Ezeh. He hails from Ozegu-Enugu Inyi, in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria.{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}} After attending Ogbete Primary School, Enugu, and, Tolu Secondary School Lagos, he studied for and earned a PGD in Industrial / Transport Engineering, Munich-Germany in 1993 and a Master of Science degree in Economic Science from Odessa State University, Ukraine in 1995. Ezeh also earned a PGD in Industrial Rubber Engineering, Munich-Germany in 2001. He acquired three PhD degrees in Business Administration from Evangel Christian University of America, Monroe, Louisiana USA in 2004; in Public Governance from International Open University, Ukraine in 2013; and in Public Governance from International Personnel Academy, Kiev-Ukraine in 2013. On May 17, 2010, he was awarded "Honorary Professor" of Political Economy & International Relations, International Personnel Academy, Kiev-Ukraine.{{Unreliable source|date=December 2024}}
Career
Ezeh founded Aulic Group of Companies, which got the concession from the Federal Government of Nigeria for Lagos Trade Fair Complex in 2007 under the Federal Government's Privatization and commercialization Programme.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-10-24 |title=How Aulic revolutionized Lagos Trade Fair complex to world class |url=https://businesshilights.com.ng/2017/10/24/how-aulic-revolutionized-lagos-trade-fair-complex-to-world-class/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Business Hilights |language=en-US}} The National Council on Privatization (NCP) terminated the contract in 2017,{{Cite web |title=FG signs agreement to re-concession Lagos trade fair complex |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/592883-fg-signs-agreement-to-re-concession-lagos-trade-fair-complex.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.premiumtimesng.com}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-10-24 |title=Nick Ezeh, Lagos trade fair concessionaire not in Custody—EFCC |url=https://businesshilights.com.ng/2017/10/24/nick-ezeh-lagos-trade-fair-concessionaire-not-in-custody-efcc/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Business Hilights |language=en-US}} though this action was countered by Ezeh.{{Cite web |title=Aulic boss dismisses FG’s revocation of Trade Fair concession as untrue – Prime Time Reporters |url=https://primetimereporters.com/2017/09/aulic-boss-dismisses-fgs-revocation-of-trade-fair-concession-as-untrue/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=primetimereporters.com}} Ezeh is also the Founder of Global Association for Industrialization and Commercialization in Nigeria (GAINCIN). He vied for the Nigeria senate in 2011 and 2023.{{Cite web |title=Professor Nick Ezeh Urged The Media to be Fair, Objective and Balance in line of their Duties. |url=https://www.urbanradio945.com/professor-nick-ezeh-urged-the-media-to-be-fairobjective-and-balance-in-line-of-their-duies/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Professor Nick Ezeh, has Vowed to Pursue an All-Inclusive Template. |url=https://www.urbanradio945.com/professor-nick-ezeh-has-vowed-to-pursue-an-all-inclusive-template/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nigeria |first=Guardian |date=2022-10-19 |title=Negligence by elected representatives fuel allegation of marginalisation in South East, says Ezeh |url=https://guardian.ng/news/negligence-by-elected-representatives-fuel-allegation-of-marginalisation-in-south-east-says-ezeh/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}} In published reports, his campaign, inaugurated in November 2022,{{Cite web |last=Nweze |first=Chuks |date=2022-11-06 |title=Enugu West race: Ezeh flags off campaign, inaugurates ‘mandate team’ |url=https://blueprint.ng/enugu-west-race-ezeh-flags-off-campaign-inaugurates-mandate-team/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Blueprint Newspapers Limited |language=en-US}} has its style focused on bringing to the fore the alleged dilapidated structures in Enugu-West senatorial district of Enugu State.{{Cite web |last=Ogbodo-Iwu |first=Patience |date=October 18, 2022 |title=2023: I Will Provide Quality, Result Driven Leadership – Ezeh, APC Senatorial Candidate |url=https://independent.ng/2023-i-will-provide-quality-result-driven-leadership-ezeh-apc-senatorial-candidate/ |website=Independent Nigeria}}{{Cite web |last=Abuchi |first=Joe |date=2022-10-23 |title=Enugu West senatorial district is among the least developed senatorial zones, says Prof.Nick Ezeh, Enugu West APC candidate. |url=https://authorityngr.com/2022/10/23/enugu-west-senatorial-district-is-among-the-least-developed-senatorial-zones-says-prof-nick-ezeh-enugu-west-apc-candidate/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=THE AUTHORITY NEWS |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=ANUKWUOJI |first=REGIS |date=2022-10-19 |title=Enugu: Candidate laments poor state of infrastructure in senatorial district |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/enugu-candidate-laments-poor-state-of-infrastructure-in-senatorial-district/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}} Ezeh was once the Federal Capital Territory Command Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria,{{Cite web |date=2018-03-26 |title=‘Police, PCRC collaboration fruitful in bursting crimes in Apo’ – Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/police-pcrc-collaboration-fruitful-in-bursting-crimes-in-apo/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-US}} and the Acting National Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee, (PCRC), Nigeria.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2023-06-08 |title=PCRC National Headquarters Lauds National Assembly for Passage of Bill Exempting Police from Pension Scheme |url=https://newscontinental.com.ng/pcrc-national-headquarters-lauds-national-assembly-for-passage-of-bill-exempting-police-from-pension-scheme/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=NewsContinental |language=en-US}}
Memberships
He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Directors (NID); Institute of Corporate Managers & Public Administrators of Nigeria; Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN); America Home Builders Association, U.S.A (HBA); Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International (RI); Ambassador of Peace of the International Peace Federation. (IPF 2008); Institute of Renewable Energy/Energy Management Ukraine; and, International Academy of Ecology, Kiev, Ukraine/Canada.
Recognition
- Mayor of the Holy Ghost Parish, Enugu-Inyi in Oji River LGA of Enugu State.{{Cite web |last=SKJ |date=2022-11-01 |title=Prof. Nick Ezeh Confers With Mayor Holy Ghost Parish – News Global International – Latest news in Nigeria now |url=https://newsglobal.com.ng/prof-nick-ezeh-confers-with-mayor-holy-ghost-parish/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=News Global International – Latest news in Nigeria now |language=en-US}}
- Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Germany Leadership Service Award (2014).{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2014-10-04 |title=The 2nd Nigerians In Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Germany Leadership Service Awards Recipients |url=https://www.africanheritagemagazine.de/2059/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=African Heritage Magazine |language=en-US}}
- Patron/ Elder statesman, National Advisory Council of the Alaigbo Great Igbo Achievers Legacy.{{Cite web |title=COMMENTARY: Great Igbo Achievers Advisory Council For Legacy Day Celebration |url=https://www.absradiotv.com/2024/09/29/commentary-great-igbo-achievers-advisory-council-for-legacy-day-celebration-2/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Heartbeat of the East |language=en-US}}