# Nick Ezeh

Nicholas Chika Ezeh (born November 5, 1963) is a Nigerian political economist, politician and entrepreneur.Ezeh wrote the commercialization proposal for the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex at Lagos in 1993. After the promulgation of Decree No. 68 of 1993 which gave birth to the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board (LITFCMB), he became a concessionaire of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex in 2007. He is the Founder of the Aulic Group of Companies which interests are Infrastructural Investment/Development and Economic Management. Ezeh was the first president of Sun-Rise Club of Inyi town in Enugu State, noted for noticeably developing the town. He is the President and Founder of the Institute of African Studies at the International Personnel Academy, Kiev- Ukraine. He was the acting national chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria. He is the National Deputy Chairman (South), Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria. Ezeh was Senatorial Candidate under Labour Party, Enugu West, during the 2011 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State, and also Senatorial Candidate under the All Progressives Congress party, Enugu West, during the 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Enugu State. He was awarded "honorary professor" by the Academic Council of the International Personnel Academy, Kiev- Ukraine on May 17, 2010.

## Early life and education

Ezeh was born on November 5, 1963, to Sir Thomas Ezeh and Lady Cecilia Ezeh. He hails from Ozegu-Enugu Inyi, in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. After attending Ogbete Primary School, Enugu, and, Tolu Secondary School Lagos, he studied for and earned a PGD in Industrial / Transport Engineering, Munich-Germany in 1993 and a Master of Science degree in Economic Science from Odessa State University, Ukraine in 1995. Ezeh also earned a PGD in Industrial Rubber Engineering, Munich-Germany in 2001. He acquired three PhD degrees in Business Administration from Evangel Christian University of America, Monroe, Louisiana USA in 2004; in Public Governance from International Open University, Ukraine in 2013; and in Public Governance from International Personnel Academy, Kiev-Ukraine in 2013. On May 17, 2010, he was awarded "Honorary Professor" of Political Economy & International Relations, International Personnel Academy, Kiev-Ukraine.

## Career

Ezeh founded Aulic Group of Companies, which got the concession from the Federal Government of Nigeria for Lagos Trade Fair Complex in 2007 under the Federal Government's Privatization and commercialization Programme. The National Council on Privatization (NCP) terminated the contract in 2017, though this action was countered by Ezeh. Ezeh is also the Founder of Global Association for Industrialization and Commercialization in Nigeria (GAINCIN). He vied for the Nigeria senate in 2011 and 2023. In published reports, his campaign, inaugurated in November 2022, has its style focused on bringing to the fore the alleged dilapidated structures in Enugu-West senatorial district of Enugu State. Ezeh was once the Federal Capital Territory Command Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Nigeria, and the Acting National Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee, (PCRC), Nigeria.

## Memberships

He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Directors (NID); Institute of Corporate Managers & Public Administrators of Nigeria; Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN); America Home Builders Association, U.S.A (HBA); Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International (RI); Ambassador of Peace of the International Peace Federation. (IPF 2008); Institute of Renewable Energy/Energy Management Ukraine; and, International Academy of Ecology, Kiev, Ukraine/Canada.

## Recognition

* Mayor of the Holy Ghost Parish, Enugu-Inyi in Oji River LGA of Enugu State.
* Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Germany Leadership Service Award (2014).
* Patron/ Elder statesman, National Advisory Council of the Alaigbo Great Igbo Achievers Legacy.

## Select publications

* Playing the Joke of Privatization.