The Enugwu-Ukwu Community in Lagos is appreciative of the selfless contributions to the socio-economic and infrastructural development of the town by one of their illustrious sons, Chief Chizoba. C Ayika.
The community is also enamoured by the philanthropic strides of the industrialist who silently puts smiles on the faces of many.
It’s on the strength of the above that the Enugwu-Ukwu Community Development Union ( ECDU), Lagos branch will on Sunday, December 4, 2022 confer on Chief Ayika, the Entrepreneurial Role- Model.
The event which coincides with the Enugwu-Ukwu Day celebration is powered by ECDU and will be at 3-5 Enugwu-Ukwu street, Lakeview Estate Phase by Capital Oil filling station, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos.
An industrialist, Chief Ayika is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Captino Global Group, a business conglomerate with interest in hospitality, manufacturing, cosmetics among others.
Friends and business associates are upbeat about the Award on Chief Ayika who they describe as a man of the people whose achievements come without noise.
They are delighted that his good works are now being rewarded with a meritorious award by the people of Enugwu-Ukwu.
A member of the ECDU organising committee of the event puts it this way: “The honour to bestowed on Chief Ayika by the Enugu-Ukwu community in Lagos is an enchanting result of his hard work, philanthropy and efforts at community development.
“The honour is deserving, fitting and proper.It sure will always remind Chief Ayika and those of us his kinsmen of his dedication and good heart”
Enugwu Ukwu (which literally translate to on top of a high hill) is a sprawling town in Anambra State.
Enugwu-Ukwu is geographically situated on hilly terrain; thus it is named after its geographical topography.
Located in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, major villages that make up the town include Uruokwe, Enu-Avomimi, Adagbe-Avomini, Umu-Atulu, Urualor, Akiyi, Avomimi, Awovu, Enuagu, Ire, Orji, Orofia, Osili, Umuakwu, Umuatulu, Umuatuora, Umuokpaleri, Uruekwo, Urukpaleke, Urunnebo, and Uruogbo
Apart from Chief Ayika, Enugwu- Ukwu boasts of other prominent personalities who have over the years brought the town to limelight and put it on the world map through their various enviable endeavours.
These include, Ken Erics, a prominent actor and singer, Emeka Okafor, a professional basket player at Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus, Dr Nkem Okeke, former Deputy governor of Anambra state( 2014 to 2022),Professor Bennet Omalu, a physician, Pathologist and neuropathologist at the University of California, USA., the late Chief FGN Okoye, a businessman, an industrialist among others.
