WORK EXPERIENCE

Special Adviser to the Governor Government of Enugu State (October 2019 – date) Focal Person, Enugu State Non-Oil Export Program (December 2019- till date)

Member, World Bank-driven Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus (CARES) Committee (June 2020- till date)

Member, Enugu State Covid-19 Emergency & Palliative Committee (May 2020- December 2020)

Director General
Cost Reduction Research and Development Office, Anambra State (September 2019 – October 2019)

Director General
Project Management & Monitoring Office (PMMO), Anambra State (April 2018 – September 2019)

-Monitor all projects in the State and ensure compliance to standards. In this capacity, helped the government save over 1.2 billion naira in monitoring of projects/ programs and contract vetting.
-Provide leadership to a workforce of 80, ensuring training and adherence to the mission and vision of the organization
-Recommended standard processes for delivering good governance to the people.
-Digitized government project monitoring processes.
-Ensure that all government processes are working smoothly and recommend improvement
-Attend the State Executive Council and contribute to policy decisions of the state.

Member Anambra State Economic Think Tank
(April 2014 - October 2019)

-Brainstorming with the economic team on measures to move the economy forward
-Troubleshooting challenges within different sectors in Anambra State
-Handling any assignment given at any point in time

Secretary
Standards and Modernization Committee, Anambra State* (May 2019 – October 2019)

Member
Design Review Committee, Anambra State* (January 2019 – October 2019)

Working on framework for road design standards in Anambra State

Senior Special Assistant to Governor of Anambra State on Agriculture (March 2014 – March 2018)

Manager
POS Internally Generated Revenue Monitoring Team* (2018)

Secretary, Anambra State Land Acquisition and Mediation Committee
(May 2014 - October 2019)

Coordinating the secretariat of the Anambra State Land Acquisition Committee

Secretary, Anambra State Agriculture Transformation Implementation Committee
(June 2014 – February 2015)

2008 – 2014: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Port Harcourt & Houston, USA)

Field Engineer- General
-Worked with the Baker Hughes' directional drilling and formation evaluation division as an LWD engineer while drilling horizontal and vertical oil wells.

Field Test Engineer (Houston, USA)
-Testing new oil drilling technologies and recommending improvements to be made. Includes new software, rotary drilling tools, formation evaluation and reservoir fluid sampling tools.

2007 – 2008: Intercontinental Bank Plc Business Development Officer

POLICY DRIVES
 Created the Enugu State rice brand called Coal City Rice
 Packaged 6 other Enugu State agriculture export brands
 Training of Youths in Agriculture: spearheaded the training of hundreds of youths in animal
husbandry as a way to encourage youth participation in the agriculture sector
 Anambra Rice Brand: recommended the creation of the Anambra Rice Brand, followed through with the team to actualize the creation and marketing of the brand. This assisted thousands of rural farmers to get more value for their rice products.
 Anambra Design Review Committee: Recommended the setting up of a Design Review Committee to ensure a peer review of all design work of government construction projects
 Drainage Management Unit: recommended set up of a dedicated office to manage all drainages in Anambra State as a proactive measure to prevent erosion.
 Panelist At The South East Economic Development Summit: discussing the need for South East States to adopt a policy thrust on land acquisition for commercial agriculture development
 Land Acquisition Committee: recommended the creation of the committee to have special focus on finding and assisting government acquire large parcels of land for large scale commercial agriculture investments