WHO THE CAP FITS?
copyright-THIS DAY
The Presidential ambition of Chief Philip Asiodu is to be meaningful if
the Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) wins the local council election in
Oshimili South L.A.
Chief Asiiodu is one of those aspiring to be president of Nigeria. THIS
DAY checks on his ability to run his private companies and his records
in the public service as indices of how Nigerians would fare under his
presidency.
These records indicates that Nigerian will be comparatively better if he
has the control of state machinery. He has the pedigree, learning and
experience wanted in any presidential candidate.
At the time he was retired in 1975, Asiodu could not really call himself
an entrepreneur nor the industrialist that is ascribed to him. The
reason at that time, was that his wealth consisted in the shares he was
able to acquire as a civil servant. The much he did was to establish
Medife Limited, said to be a holding company with interest in many blue
chips across the nation. Beyond this, however, Asiodu, demonstrated
his ability to manage his own economic private life. His foray into
industry, however, began when he established the Summit Furniture
Company Limited in Asaba Delta State with Headquarters in Lagos.
Founded 22 years ago, Summit Furniture was conceived to be an exporter
of furniture and wood to Europe. With a staff strength of over 180, the
company is said to be Asiodu's contribution to solving unemployment in
Asaba rather than patting cash gifts they expect from him whenever he
was in their midst.
Thus, beside his pension, Asiodu earns respectable living from his
investments in other companies through Medife and the Furniture company
that is all there is to the industrialist ascribed to him.
In recognition of his excellent managerial ability and expertise in
Corporate Government, Asiodu has been invited to chair several boards of
national and multi-national bodies. For instance, he has been Chairman
of Eco Bank PLC, Krupp Steel Engineering Co. Ltd, International
Contractors Ltd, amount others. Asiodu is believed to be an open door
policy- maker and a firm believer in superior argument on every national
issue.
If experience in public service is a basic requirement for the next
president, then Phillip Asiodu scholar, diplomat and administrator has
tasted power and tyranny of state power.
ANYI BU OFU DONATES TO JESSE VICTIMS
copyright - Delta Pointer.Dec 3 '98
A non-political organisation "Anyi Bu Ofu on Tuesday donated relief
materials worth millions of Naira to the victims and survivors of Jesse
Fire disaster in Ethiope west local government area.
The relief materials made up of thousands of tubers of yam, hundreds of
bags of rice: hundred bags of salt; hundred cartons of milk and hundred
cartons on note books were presented to the community by the leader of
the orgainsation, Mr Aliban Ofili Okonkwo at the Jesse Community Hall.
Mr Okonkwo while speaking during the presentation ceremony noted that
the Jesse Fire disaster of October 17, 1998 has left many people
disabled and most homes without bread winners. He said he was making
the donation with the hope that hte materials would go a long way to
cushion the effect of the Jesse inferno on the victoms and survivors of
the incident. Mr Okonkwo prayed tht such a disaster should never
happened again in Jesse reiterating that they should have faith in God.