The management and staff of the Nigerian Film Corporation have congratulated the Managing Director of the corporation, Dr Chidia Maduekwe, on his 69th birthday.
This was contained in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs, NFC, Brian Etuk, on Saturday. According to Etuk, the milestone is an opportunity not just to celebrate Maduekwe, but his effort at repositioning the corporation and the nation’s motion picture industry.
Etuk said, “We wholeheartedly celebrate our boss as he turns 69 today, with so much monumental impact across his years of private and public service. Indeed, it has been an illustrious journey of inspiring young Nigerians through his deep-seated belief in diligence, hard work, and turning challenges into opportunities and promotion of good governance.
“The NFC has witnessed a total rebrand and development, having identified that there was work to be done, and he did them. Several changes and strategic innovations, especially redefining the NFC’s new leadership and direction within Nigeria’s film industry and extricating it from among lame agencies are obviously ascribed to his administrative, business, leadership skills and experience.
“His achievements are numerous and legendary across racial, religious or cultural borders as he truly exemplifies the embodiment of the Ohafia spirit, which is woven around valour and creativity. At 69, Dr Maduekwe has charted a life course that is divinely ordained and profoundly sublime.”
Maduekwe, who hails from Ohafia in Abia State, graduated from the University of Ibadan as a medical doctor in 1980. Among other public roles in service to fatherland, he contested and won election into the House of Representatives in the Third Republic, and served as the Chairman, House Committee on Defence in 1992.
He is a one-time National Chairman, Amalgamation of Nigerian Youths Association between 1995 and 1996; Special Assistant on Youth Development to the Minister of Youths and Sports in 1995; and Federal Commissioner, Federal Character Commission, between 1995 and 2001.
