Chuku Wachuku celebrates 77th birthday in grand style
By Steve Oko
Pioneer Director General, National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Chief Chuku Wachuku, has celebrated his 77th birthday in grand style.


It was a harvest of accolades as family members, friends and associates poured encomiums on the empowerment expert.
The cheerful-looking grandpa, was sighted in a picture playing with his grand child.
Wachuku, a royal prince of Ngwaland, is a United States-trainef Economist, politician, statesman, servant leader, and business analyst.
He is also a Management expert and specialist on entrepreneurship development, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

In 2023, Chief Wachuku contested for the Abia Central senatorial race on the platform of Young Peoples Party, YPP, but could not secure the seat. He has since moved on with his life.
Wachuku,a product of Eastern Michigan University, USA, is the
President and Chief Executive Officer, CEO: Agriculture and Industrial Entrepreneurs of Nigeria, AIEN.
Wachuku was national President of Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists, NASSI.
He is Chairman of Research Planning: Nigeria-China Business Council.
Wachuku, an advocate of family empowerment, is also Employee Welfare and Industrial Relations Consultant for the International Labour Organization, ILO, a specialised agency of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
By presidential appointment, he serves on the board of Nigeria’s RMRDC: Raw Materials Research and Development Council.
He was among the Abia State delegates at the 2014 national conference.
In 2013, President Jonathan appointed Wachuku to serve on the governing board of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI; as well as the governing board of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria SMEDAN.
Wachuku is a nephew of Jaja Wachuku, Nigeria’s first Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and first Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.
He is a grandson of King Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku, who was paramount chief (Onye Isi), servant leader and Eze of Ngwa-land – in the then Aba Division of Eastern Nigeria.
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