[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he true worth of a man is in the way he treats people who are absolutely in need. If you care about people in need, you are actually making a contribution to the development of the nation. We need to give life back to the people.We need to see how we can use the available resources for everybody; create opportunities for all and care, especially for those who are truly in need. The gap between the rich and the poor should be bridged. Those of us blessed with material resources need to share with others. We must strike a balance with our resources.” This is the Philosophy of Dr Daniel N. Chukwudozie. As a human being, his humility and modesty is second to none.
It is certainly impossible to gloss over the attributes for greatness of Chief(Dr)Daniel N.Chukwudozie, the founding Chairman,Dozzy Group of Companies, the trail-blazing business mogul and industrialist par excellence from Okija, Anambra State. Chukwudozie’s rise to the top was not a one-step movement. It was a humble beginning for a humble man.
The inter play of factors that would establish him as one of Nigeria’s reputable captains of industry shaped Chukwudozie’s principle and philosophy of life and business- humility, honesty and hard work. His unassuming nature and infectious humility explain why he does not trumpet his numerous philanthropic gestures.
Having lost his father at a young age, vicissitude and obfuscation became the family’s companion as his poor mother toiled to raise him and his siblings.But the young Chukwudozie would not allow poverty to limit him.He thus forcefully brushed aside vagaries of life to embrace hard work, and then reaped subsequent strings of success in the business arena. Starting off as a trader in 1982, through the dint of hard work and resilience, Chukwudozie nurtured and expanded his trade, transforming it into a limited liability company under the name, Dozzy Nigeria Limited.
The Oil and Gas sector of the Group came on stream in 1994 with the incorporation of Dozzy Oil and Gas. The sector has grown to become the Group’s flagship. Dozzy Oil and Gas operation is anchored on four areas: Blending, distribution, industrial Gas and Liquefied petroleum Gas. Dozzy Oil and Gas depots are well entrenched in Nigeria’s three strategic, main port cities of Lagos, Port Harcourt and Calabar. Dozzy Oil and Gas is determined to meet Nigeria’s energy needs and this why the company’s combined capacity of oil storage will be 200,000 metric tons when fully installed.
At the last year Nigeria’s premier indigenous University, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),had no problem spotting the gold fish in its hiding place, even Oni of Ife joins Stakeholders in celebrating DOZZY OIL CEO Dr. Sir Dan Chukwudozie at University of Nigeria Nsukka,Chukwudozie exudes patriotic fervor. Having tasted poverty and deprivation, the Dozzy Group boss goes about doing good- putting smiles on the faces of his fellow country men and women through philanthropic gestures and job creation. For example, he has over 300 skilled and unskilled combined workforces on his payroll in Dozzy Oil and Gas. The combined total workforce of the conglomerate stands at about 2,000.
However, many would be shocked to later learn that this unassuming youngman who mingles with the lowly and the downtrodden without discrimination is a workaholic, a business czar, corporate tiger and sits atop multi-billion dollars investments spanning several interests. Chukwudozie is a tested industrialist and an achiever-a job creator, an employer of labour and a philanthropist. And he makes no noise about these.Yes, Chukwudozie is a gold fish, and a big one for that matter.The decision of NNmadi Azikiwe University to honour Chukwudozie confirms that his recent honours and awards was well deserved.
Essentially,besides Nnamdi Azikwe University conferment on Chukwudozie on Thursday 12th March 2020,the Oil and Gas Magnate has the Industrialist of the year award from Grassroots Newspapers Newspaper Publishers Network(GNPN) 2016,the most respected Nigerian CEO award (2010) by This Day Newspaper among others, in his kitty.Last year the University of Calabar singled him out for honour in recognition of his strides in the corporate world and contribution to the economic growth of the country. The citadel of learning had conferred on him an Honorary Doctorate Degree too.
Those who are familiar with the exploits of Chukwudozie who went into business in 1982 as a trader would not be surprised that such respected institution have chosen to bestow on him with such honour just recently.But like they say, a goldfish has no hiding place. As a workaholic and a man who is always craving to explore new grounds in business, Chukwudozie established Dozzy Oil and Gas Limited and subsidiaries including: Speciality Oil Company Nigeria Limited, Dozzy Plastic Industries Limited, Dozzy Guttroff Gas Limited, Lubricant Manufacturing Oxygen/Industrial Gas Production, Industrial automotive household as well as high precision plastic products,manufacturing wigs/hair attachments, artificial human hair and oil and gas supply and distribution.
On the vision,“the Group aspires to be one of Nigeria’s best regarded conglomerates, measured by its performance and driven by a total commitment to its core values and philosophies. About a year ago, the eminent businessman completed and handed over a magnificent three-storey school building in honour of his late Mother, Lady Hannah Ugoyibo Chukwudozie, Mama Dozzy to the Anglican Church, Diocese on the Niger.
Chief Chukwudozie is married to Lady Ada Chukwudozie,a Chemical Engineer and a publisher, because Behind every successfully man is indeed a dutiful, intelligent, loyal, beautiful, loving and hardworking woman. Lady Ada Chukwudozie, the amiable wife of industrialist, Sir Daniel Chukwudozie, Chairman of the Dozzy Group, fits the above bill. The Dozzy Group boss who hails from Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State,is one of illustrious sons of Okija that have put the community on world map by executing many high profile people-oriented infrastructural projects. Specifically, in the month of october,2018; as a way of giving back to the host communities, Dozzy Foundation organised free medical outreach for his community, Okija in Anambra State and recently he officially flag off Dozzy Foundation Health Insurance Scheme For one thousand five hundred Okija indigenes at Okija General Hospital.
Chukwudozie the gold fish stood before a sea of academics, family members,friends and well-wishers to receive honorary academic laurel again. Many agreed that such man with a large, kind and generous heart; a silent achiever and a blessing to humanity, his community, Okija and fatherland, Nigeria, deserves the conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degree
(Honouris Causa).It is indeed a fitting recognition.
Grassroots Newspaper Publishers eulogise their Grand Patron,Chief Chukwudozie for not being carried away by money and all that money could buy and remembered to continue to register his name in the annals of history to the glory of God.
