[dropcap]G[/dropcap]reatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged. When one of the world’s greatest thinkers, Ralph Waldo Emerson handed down the above words of wisdom, those he had in mind were certainly the likes of Engr. Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah, the CEO of CPU Construction LLT Nig LTD. For the trail-blazing business mogul and Engineer par excellence from Aboh, in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, it is certainly impossible to gloss over his attributes for greatness.
The popular cliché, ‘first impression sticks’ is not applicable to Engr. Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah.If you profile and categorize him based on the spur of the moment kind of judgment, then you have done so using the wrong barometer and faulty premise. This is because at first encounter, you are confronted with a man you could pass for a middle income earner. He wears no airs and there are none around him. He is as simple as air itself. The calm ambience he exudes is just natural. He is just being himself.
Some leaders are born, some achieve leadership, some have leadership thrust upon them, while only very few have all three embedded in them.Engr. Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah, the trail-blazing Engrineer; Entrepreneur par excellence is one of the few good men. He is an embodiment of cerebral articulation, the essence of unparalleled philanthropy, the epitome of intellectual and breathtaking simplicity, the personification of undiluted humanness, the perfect example of leadership symbolism, the paragon of idealism, the soul of humanity, the heart of warrior, the perfect gentleman. It is certainly impossible to gloss over his attributes for greatness. He is a man of valour, the bringer of rain. In the gallery of great leaders and great men, he is without doubt, a rare masterpiece.
However, many would be shocked to later learn that this unassuming youngman who mingles with the lowly and the downtrodden without discrimination is workaholic, an Engineering czar, corporate tiger and sits atop multi-Million construction Company investments spanning several interests.Engr.Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah is a tested Philanthropist, an achiever, a job creator,and an employer of labour . And he makes no noise about these.
In Nigeria those often considered the greatest are the politicians, fraudulent exploiters, violent conquerors and evil geniuses turned heroes and heroines, who have out done others by stealing the community’s common wealth and sharing crumbs amongst their praise singers but Engr. Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah is neither any of the above. His leadership is about a passionate commitment to better the lives of his people by giving them comfort with the ultimate fulfillment to them.
Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah born on May 19, 1984, to the family of Chief and Mrs Cyril Chukwumah, young Phillip was practically raised in God’s vineyard by two Roman Catholic Priests, Rev. Fr. Oliver Ofor and later Rev. Fr. Chris Ekabo, who saw in him a shining light that must be protected at all cost. He grew up learning to serve God and humanity in truth and virtuousness. His father, Late Chief C.E Chukwumah, a well-respected high Chief of Ndokwa nation, a strict disciplinarian and a seasoned bureaucrat who rose through the ranks to become the Director-General of the Federal Railway Cooperation, thoroughly imbibed in him and the rest of his siblings the need to be hardworking and diligent in whatever they chose to undertake in life.
Engr. Phillip is a workaholic and a goal getter who would stop at nothing to get the job done. He had his first academic baptism at Ogwezi Primary School Aboh,in 1994 he obtained his first primary school leaving certificate, then proceeded to Aboh Grammar School, Aboh, same year. After six years of rigorous academic drilling, Ugbomah successfully passed his National Examinations Council (NECO) exams and graduated from the school in the year 2000. Like a child fully prepared for greatness, Phillip progressed to the prestigious Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, to study Civil and Structural Engineering, graduating in the year 2007, as one of the best students in the faculty. He undertook his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in 2008 as a Classroom teacher in St. John of God Catholic School, Awka, Anambra State. As a student in AAU, Ekpoma, Phillip left his footprints in the sands of time. He was in the institution not only for the acquisition of paper certificates, but also for the rigorous but bountiful self-purification for the herculean task ahead. In the university, Phillip cut his teeth in politics, winning all of the positions he ever contested for. He ran for the office of the department’s Director of Socials and won in a landslide. He however proceeded to run for same office at Students’ Union Government (SUG) level, and won as well. He left the institution with several medals for academic astuteness, student activism and unequalled indefatigability. Today, the story of Chukwumah Phillip Ugbomah can be told with piquant breadth by those who witnessed his gentle metamorphosis to greatness.
He is a leader par excellence, whose passion for his local government has birthed his people’s clarion call for quality representation at Delta State House of Assembly come 2019 and he finally succumbed to this call because the past representatives of the area at the state assembly had not done enough as Ndokwa East needs a new direction to move ahead, as the old ways of doing things have to stop and the mind of the people, especially the youths have to be refocused towards economic and infrastructural development of the area. He has thrown his hat into the race. His campaign slogan is ‘re-engineering the fortunes of Ndokwa East’. With Chukwumah, things will never remain the same again. He is a sturdy campaigner for the amelioration of the pathetic condition of his people, if not total emancipation. His personality comes off as the amiable eccentricity often associated with princes sporting social consciousness. He is the bridge between the old and the young, the future and now.
In giving back to the society, Chukwumah has never been found wanting. His CPU Foundation has for the past five years awarded innumerable forms and packages of scholarship to deserving Ndokwa students. He has trained countless numbers of youths in artisanship, and has given employment to many. He is presently the leading financier of five orphanage homes run by Catholic Nuns across the country. He is a leading light to this generation.
Ugbomah who has as part of his cardinal mission, building Human Capital Development through Corporate Social Responsibility, and constituency projects, said to feel the purse of the people he will carry out a regular Townhall meeting as part of his representative policy.
According to Philip Ugbomah, “We have to stop the old ways of doing things, infuse fresh and creative ideas that are people oriented, re-engineering and re-orient our mindset, build bridge of good governance.” My People are suffering from not just issue of lack of road networks, as often they can only access their community, through Imo, Anambra or Balyesa States as the case maybe, but also loose economically as the area noted for its high plantain product lose most of the products due to lack of access roads to evacuate the products.”The pains of the people are my pain, and it calls for change of approach to governance, as this can only be achieved by everyone. “LETS DO THE WORK”
As the Director-General of Okowanisation Group; a body of professionals and businessmen who heavily supported the governorship ambition of His Excellency Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, in 2015, Chukwumah remains an enigma wrapped inside a super-imperial political brainteaser. His people and friends refer him as one of the most fascinating and compelling player in Ndokwa East politics because of his grassroots acceptance. “LETS DO THE WORK”