The NGO
Executive Officers
Chairman
Dr. Jones O. EDOBOR,
Jones Edobor holds a PhD in Economics & Social Sciences, from the University of Economics & Business Administration, Vienna, Austria.
After his graduation, he has undergone numerous special skills training.
Dr Jones Edobor is the Founder and CEO of Global Consulting. He is also the founder of Prime Unicorn, Nigeria Ltd, as well as the Centre for Excellence, Management and Advance Studies (CEMAS).
Dr. Edobor worked at the IT Department of the Multi-National company, SIEMENS AG, Austria in different capacities. He was a General Manager and senior Financial Manager of the Research and Development Department as well as for the Communication Department, responsible for several outstanding projects that included development and the introduction of GSM technology in Austria.
He has comprehensive Business & Financial Management Expertise, as well as Expertise in Policy & Procedural Leadership. He has track records of thriving in challenging and results-oriented Environments.
He is a certified ISO 9000F INTEGRATED QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS & CHANGE MANAGEMENT Analyst.
He is the convener of the Nigerian Global Round Table, and a member of the Board of several companies and professional bodies.
He has participated as an independent Election Observer in Gubernatorial and Presidential Elections in Nigeria.
Dr. Edobor lives in Vienna, Austria.
General Secretary
Dr. Remi Kehinde, ALAO
Remi Kehinde Alao holds a PhD from the University of Phoenix (2012)
He also attended the Cornell University with Certificate in Management Reporting: Systems and Management (2014); International Career Institute with Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychology (2020).
He holds the following Licenses & Certifications: Lernwerkstatt, Olten. Switzerland. Swiss Federal License as Educational Trainer in General Studies (2013). The Müntwiller Solar Academy as Solar Energy Installer and Marketer (2006). The German Institute for Project Management as International Project Management Professional (IPMP) (2004)
He has over 30 years of experience in his core area that includes Entrepreneurship and Human Resources Development in different Public and Private Arena as Human Resources and Knowledge Management Specialist. Project Portfolio Manager, Senior Trainer and Educator, Chief Executive Officer of SME, Management Consultant, Psychologist and Counsellor.
He has been engaged in Diaspora Empowerment and Rehabilitation Initiative (A Nigeria Registered NGO) as President. He was engaged with Nigeria Diaspora Organization, Switzerland, and Europe in different roles, including becoming the president of the chapter. He was the president of the Swiss based NGO Nigeria Awareness Group.
Dr. Alao lives and works in Switzerland
Vice Chairman
Dr. Peter Odion AGWI
Peter Agwi holds an MSc in Architecture and Ph.D. in Town Planning from Kyiv Technical University in Ukraine.
Dr. Agwi has many years of vast international experience in the construction and real estate industry and has done several projects, including Abuja Kings Town, a satellite town of 5000 housing units in Kubwa District in FCT Abuja, proposed New Green Park Estate, a modern mixed-use settlement for 2400 business and housing units in Abuja, etc.
Dr. Agwi has headed different Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) at various capacities and times including as Vice Chairman of the defunct Edo State Association of Berlin/Brandenburg, Vice President of NIDO-Germany from 2003 – 2006 and President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in Germany (NIDO-Germany) from 2006 - 2011.
He is the managing director of APO Consulting GmbH
Dr Agwi currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Deputy General Secretary
Mr. Sidney S. Oghenekevwe AKAPHIARE
Mr. Sidney Akaphiare holds a HND in Fine Arts from the Auchi Polytechnic, now Federal University of Technology, Auchi, Nigeria. He also holds a PgD in Journalism, Advance Certificate in Printing and Publishing, Diploma in Leadership and Ministry, and Certificate in Advertising and Public Relations.
He is a multi-talented creative artist, journalist, branding and corporate strategist, gospeller and motivator.
He is the Managing Partner of Colours of Light Consulting, a firm dedicated to skills acquisition training, youth mentorship, Visual Art exhibitions, Artworks procurement & Advisory, Think-tank, seminars and conferences.
Mr. Sidney Akaphiare has over three decades of experience in cognate professional practice in the corporate industry, he functioned as Visual artist and illustrator, Production Manager, Art Director, Managing/Creative Director, Sike Meridian Production and Art Editor. He was also the Pioneer Editor, Professional Impressions Magazine, and Pioneer Art Director/Editor, The Health International Magazine.
He has managed for advertising and marketing communications agencies, the print production accounts of top multinational brands in Nigeria including Motorola, MTN, Achilles, Indomie (DUFIL), Guinness, Sykes Energy Projects Ltd, and, Industrial Petroleum and Energy Services Ltd, IPES.
He is a Fellow of Society of Nigerian Artists, SNA; Ass. member, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ; Member, Association of Professional Printers of Nigeria APPN; Ass. member of Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered.
Mr. Sidney Akaphiare has participated in many groups art and photography exhibitions. A prolific writer and poet, he is published in several Nigeria’s major newspapers, journals and online news media.
Mr. Sidney Akaphiare lives and work in Lagos, Nigeria.