Enugu born Chartered Accountant and the Chairman of the Rectors of State-owned Polytechnics in Nigeria, Prof. Augustine Uchechukwu Nweze, has been enlisted among other prominent school administrators in the West African Sub-Region from Nigeria, including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leon and Senegal as top nominees for the Prestigious Leadership Awards by ECOWAS Youth Wing and Sub-Continental youth organisation, the West African Youth Congress (WAYC) in their forthcoming West African Youth and Students Symposium WAYS-2023.
The West African Youth Congress painstakingly studies the activities of certain leaders in the Sub-region over the years through their network of interconnectedness with other sub-regional organisations in different countries which make annual report to the congress, nominate and honor individuals who have done well in different spheres of leadership in West Africa, celebrate and tap from their wealth of knowledge and experiences.
The nomination of Prof Uchechukwu Nweze is not far fetched as he has demonstrated commitment and capacity as an academic administrator and the Zonal Coordinator of the Rectors in the South East Geopolitical zone of Nigeria, a position which he held until this year. Prof Nweke is also current National Treasurer, COHEADS (Council of Heads of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in Nigeria).
Professor Augustine Uchechukwu Nweze, PhD [Nig.], FCA, FCTI, FCPA, ACArb, JP the rector of the foremost State-owned Polytechnic, the Institute of Management and Technology [IMT], Enugu, hails from Obollo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria. He was born at the 11th minute on the 11th Day of the 11th Month in the Year 1960.
A teacher by training, Professor A. U. Nweze, PhD trained, on scholarship basis, at the famous Lourdes Training College, Iwollo, Enugu State, from 1975 to 1980. As a Grade II Teacher, then, he variously taught Mathematics, Additional Mathematics and Physics in Secondary Schools.
Coming from a Five-Year Teacher Training College background [where the emphasis was more on Arithmetic for Primary Schools] and without attending any Secondary School, he surprisingly demystified Mathematics by scoring One Hundred Percent (100.00%), in the subject, in the 1983 University Matriculation Examination, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board. Subsequently, he obtained a BSc Degree, in Accountancy [1987], after making the Dean’s List and graduating in the Second Class [Honours] Upper Division, an MBA [1992], MSc [1999] and PhD [2002], all from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka [UNN].
Professionally, Professor Augustine Uchechukwu Nweze, PhD qualified as a Chartered Accountant and hence became an Associate member [ACA] of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria [ICAN] in 1992 and an Associate member [ACTI] of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria [CITN] in 1996.
In 2003, he was elevated to a Fellow [FCA and FCTI] of both ICAN and CITN and a Justice of Peace [JP].
As for his working experience, Professor Nweze started his post-university career, in August 1988, at the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu. In December 1988, he took up a job offer with Anambra Broadcasting Service, Enugu. In 1990, he left for Orient Bank of Nigeria Plc, where he served as Operations Officer in Enugu, Aba, Kano and Lagos branches. In 1992, he joined Royal Merchant Bank Limited as an Assistant Manager [Operations].
In 1995, he observed the evolving turbulence in banking industry and honourably opted out of the industry for academics to possibly actualize his desire and dream of becoming a professor. By God’s grace, on August 25, 1995, he joined Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, as a Lecturer.
In 2009, Professor A. U. Nweze was elevated to the rank of Professor and he became First Professor of Accounting, Enugu State University of Science and Technology. His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Ugwuanyi, Professor A. U. Nweze was appointed the Rector, Institute of Management and Technology, with effect from June 10, 2016.
Augustine Uchechukwu Nweze, PhD, FCA, FCTI, JP is fruitfully and happily married to Dr [Mrs] Bernadine Ngozichukwu Nweze of the Department of Science Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.
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