The Professional Excellence Foundation of Nigeria (PEFON) has conferred a Distinguished Fellowship Award on the former minister of Aviation, Mr. Osita Chidoka.
Chidoka was also the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), where he transformed the agency to an award winning organization. The FRSC under his leadership won various international awards and became a model for other road safety organizations across Africa.
Chidoka, with a traditional title of the Ike Obosi, obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters of Public Policy degree from the prestigious School of Public Policy at George Mason University in the United States of America.
He has a Certificate in Global Strategy and Political Economy from Oxford University, UK and a Graduate Diploma in Maritime and Ports Management from the National University of Singapore.
The induction of Chidoka will take place at The Hotel Victoria Palace, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday (April 27, 2017).
PEFON, a non-profit and a Non-Governmental Organization, was established primarily to mitigate the dire shortage in the supply of professionally qualified and competent manpower for the various sectors of Nigerian economy.
The Foundation was an initiative of Dr. Dipo Bailey and it is an off shoot of Bailey Professional Training and Development Center, which was established in 1998.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of distinguished professionals, including Engr. Edet Amana, Alhaji Mohammed Hayatudeen, Akinbayo Adenubi and Dr. Stella Okoli.
The Board is headed by Prince Julius Adelusi Adeluyi. [myad]
