PROFILE OF MR. UCHECHUKWU SAMPSON OGAH

The saying that some people are born great, some achieve greatness while some have greatness thrust upon them cannot be truer in the case of Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah (OON), President, Masters Energy oil & Gas Limited. Mr. Ogah is a colossus, who was not born great nor has greatness thrust upon him but achieved greatness by dint of hard work and dedication.Dr. Uche Ogah was born about 43 years ago to Late Mr. Wilson Ogah and Ezinne Pauline Ogah of Onuaku, Uturu in Isikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.Resourceful, dynamic, motivator and principled, he has an uncanny appetite for work and smells out an opportunity from a far off. He, like the Trojan horse defiled all obstacles in his childhood to make it to the top today.Uche as he is fondly called had his secondary education at Ishiagu High School. Thereafter, he had a brief working stint at West African Examinations Council, Enugu; before furthering his academic career.Uche ended his banking career spanning over 15 years at Zenith Bank Plc and left Zenith Bank as an Assistant General Manager/Head, Ikeja Business Focus Group.A master strategist and skilful negotiator, Uche has an excellent track record of performance. Not given to frivolities, he is very enterprising, articulate, humane and a goal getter. Above all, he is a quintessential gentleman.Uche holds the following academic degrees: Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Lagos, Bachelor of Science (Banking & Finance) from Ogun State University, Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and HND (Distinction) in Accountancy from the prestigious Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu. It is in the areas of business and philanthropy that Uche has made the greatest landmark. Today, he is a very successful entrepreneur. He is a silent operator, who as much as possible does not want to be mentioned publicly. He is a businessman with a heart of gold. The humanitarian and philanthropic disposition of Uche was taken to a higher level when he recently established a Foundation, Uche Ogah Foundation. The Foundation which is primarily for Empowerment, Poverty and Education in December 2011 alone gave out cash assistance of over N32M and materials worth over N20M to empower less privileged Nigerians. The largely unannounced activities of the Foundation are a reflection of Uche’s position that humanitarian activities should not be publicized.Also Uche recently instituted a chair at Abia State University in honour of his late grandfather.

Uche is the President, Masters Energy Group, a well diversified Group which has business tentacles spread across Oil & Gas, Banking, Construction, Security, Insurance, Gas, Aviation, Energy, Shipping e.t.c. All these businesses are growing concerns and doing very well in their respective sectors. It is worthy of note that Masters Energy Oil & Gas Limited, a subsidiary of Masters Energy Group, has the largest petroleum products storage facility in sub-Saharan Africa in Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt. The facility with 158,000 Metric Tonnes storage capacity has helped in no small measure in the stabilization of petroleum products availability and affordability in the whole of South-South, South-East and North-East. Very importantly too, the company’s over 60 retail outlets all over Nigeria sell petrol at government’s approved pump price while the depot in Port Harcourt also sells at government’s approved depot price.

Also there is Masters Energy Industrial City in Uturu called ALSA Petrochemicals, a subsidiary of Masters Energy Group, set to construct a state of the art Plastic Manufacturing Plant, 75,000 Metric Tonnes Lubricant Plant and 10,000 Metric Tonnes Grease Plant.

Masters Energy Group presently has well over 7,000 Nigerians in its workforce.

Uche is a national merit award holder of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON) bestowed on him by President Goodluck Jonathan and also, a winner of many awards such as the Best Overall Graduating Student, School of Financial Studies, IMT, Enugu, Best Overall Branch Manager of Zenith Bank Plc in 2006, Highest Award Winning Staff of Zenith Bank Plc in 2004 including MD/CEO’s commendation, African Peace Award (APA 2010), Humanitarian Service Award, Meritorious Diamond Award for National Development, Distinguished Corporate Achievers Gold Award, 2013 NAAC Outstanding Enterprise Award by Nigeria-Chamber of Commerce, 2013 Keyman Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship by Enugu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, 2013 BusinessWorld Newspaper Man of the Year in recognition of entrepreneurship and massive contribution to the economic growth of the nation e.t.c.In his Uturu Community, he has electrified villages, changed the landscape of a whole village by building prototypal houses for the entire community and offering free medical services for citizens of the community; in addition to building a fully equipped modern hospital in his native community Onuaku Uturu in Isuikwuato Local Government of Abia State.A member of various professional bodies including Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Shipping. uche has attended several Senior Management Development programmes both locally and abroad.

Uche is happily married and blessed with children. He likes good music, reading, football, swimming, table tennis and has unwavering love for the things of God