Brief Hint on The Media Ambassador

The Media Ambassador

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Birth Name: Fred Doc Ndu Nwaozor

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Born: May 25, 1985

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Birth: Awo-Omamma, Imo State, Nigeria

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Residence: Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

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Nationality: Nigerian

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Ethnicity: Igbo

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Hobbies: Reading, Solving Mathematics, Listening to music,

                 Playing Scrabble & table tennis, Travelling, etc.

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Best Colour(s): Red, Green & White respectively

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Citizenship: Nigerian (1985 - present)

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Occupation: writer/poet, thinker, researcher, analyst, activist,

                       blogger, media commentator & technologist

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Years active: 2005 - present

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Religion: Christianity

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Marital Status: Single

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Parents: F.A Nwaozor (Father), Vero Nwaozor (Mother)

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Early Life:

Fred Doc Nwaozor born May 25, 1985 as the last child of his beloved parents Mr & Mrs Fidelis Nwaozor who hail from Awo-Omamma in Imo State (the Eastern Heartland), Nigeria. Amazingly, being a science-oriented student, Fred Nwaozor intended to study Medicine but he willingly gave up the longed nurtured dream for Engineering because he couldn’t afford forfeiting or doing without Mathematics which was his best subject while in secondary school. As a growing child, he was preoccupied with series of fantasies which included becoming an astute societal leader as well as emerging as one of the world’s respected activists cum humanitarians. Since childhood, he had been known for his quiet but smart and brilliant nature, which had fetched him several favours and opportunities from mentors, relatives and associates. Above all, one unique idiosyncrasy peculiar to his person since childhood remains his ability to create/initiate ideas, which had attracted countless and endless accolades from his fans and friends.   

Education:

Comr Fred Doc Ndu (FDN) Nwaozor – the Media Ambassador as he’s fondly called by his fans and friends, who invariably strive for excellence and precision at all times in all positions and circumstances attaining professional distinction and proficiency in line with his life objective cum philosophy had his basic education in Santana Nursery/Primary Boarding School, Awo-Omamma, Imo State, Nigeria before proceeding to State High School Oyewole – SHSO (now known as State Senior High school Oyewole), Agege, Lagos State, Nigeria where he acquired his Senior School Certificate. Furthermore, he bagged a Bachelor of Technology – B.Tech (Hons) in Physics/Electronics in 2008 from the prestigious Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, Nigeria; thereafter, he participated in the Nigeria’s compulsory National Youth Service Programme. During his final year in the university, his degree project work was on ‘Design, Construction and Testing of Electronic Power inverter (EPI)’ – an individual research work that exposed him into the actual mechanism behind Power/Electricity supply. He later opted for various professional honours in ICT to include Cisco Certified Network Associate/Engineer (CCNA) in 2010 from a globally recognized firm – KarROX Computer Education & Training Institute for Information Technology, Owerri, Nigeria; Certificate in Microsoft-Office Suite in 2010 from Goshen Computer & FOREX Institute Owerri (an affiliate of the University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria); Certificate in Multimedia, Web Design, Graphics & Animation also in 2010 from Quest Taid International Ltd, Nigeria; among other numerous professional honours both in ICT and beyond.

Skills:

Fred Nwaozor is gifted with several skills/talents including writing, creative thinking, oratory, presentation of public commentaries, activism, blogging, and humanitarianism, just to mention but a few. Among all, he can boast of a skill in Autocad/Archcad; designing, testing, installation and maintenance of various electronic circuits and devices.

Career/Profession:

Fred Doc Nwaozor, a prolific writer/poet, creative thinker, public affairs analyst, researcher, civil rights activist, social crusader, versatile blogger, veteran columnist, controversial media commentator, humanitarian, motivational speaker, entrepreneur as well as a chartered technologist, came into limelight in 2007 via presentation of media commentaries during his six months Industrial Training in Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) while in the university having discovered his writing talent far back in 2005. As a prolific writer/poet, he has over sixteen books in different areas comprising prose, drama, poetry, inspirational, among others, to his credit. Among his creative compilations is a trilogy titled, ‘Expensive Expedient, Horrible Hut, and Real Repentance’ respectively. To say the least, he obviously has over five hundred (500) published articles/essays to his credit. Presently, he’s a freelance columnist and guest writer/contributor on different fields including Public affairs cum civil matters, Sports, ICT, Crimes as well as short stories to several national daily newspapers in Nigeria such as the Punch, the Guardian, New Telegraph, the Sun, the Nation and the Authority Newspapers; he commenced his writing career in 2007 concurrently with the Announcer Express and Newspoint Newspapers  – local tabloids based in Owerri, Nigeria coupled with other local tabloids too numerous to mention before he proceeded to the Whitepaper Newspaper, also a local tabloid based in Owerri, in 2010 where he established a regular fascinating weekly column on Public matters titled ‘Fancy Facts’ – a column that is still awake till date in spite of his current countless writing commitments; needless to say that he is no doubt an enigma. He’s also a guest writer on News Commentaries to various radio stations across Nigeria to include Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Abuja otherwise known as ‘Radio Nigeria’; Orient FM – a subsidiary of Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Owerri; Heartland FM Owerri, Voice of Delta (VOD) FM – a substation of Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, Delta State; and Unity FM, Awka, Anambra. In addition, he is a renowned contributor to uncountable programmes presently existing in various Nigerian radio stations such as ‘Radio Link’, Issues of the Moment, Politics Nationwide, Police Diary, Anti-Graft Hour, Talk Junction, among others – all peculiar to the FRCN; alongside that of other stations situated all over Nigeria including Issues of Blaze FM - Oraifite, Anambra state, Matters Arising of Orient FM Owerri, Issues of the Moment of Heartland FM Owerri, ‘Frank Talk’ & ‘Convince Me’ both of Voice of Delta – Asaba, various programmes on Radio One FM - Lagos State, and a host of others. More so, he had in several occasions played guest to several radio/TV programmes on many thought provoking issues.

He’s a Blogger par excellence; since 2013 he established his Blog entitled ‘Fred Nwaozor’s Blog’ – where he publish most of his works, he has been relentlessly publishing series of research-oriented works done by his person. The intriguing part of his mind-blowing Blog is that it comprises different areas such as Public matters, crimes, sports, current affairs, as well as creative works like short stories, poetry and inspirational quotes manufactured by him. Being a creative thinker, motivational speaker and a gifted orator, he had been invited both in the past and present to various public lectures, seminars, workshops, conventions, conferences, and what have you, to do justice to what he knows how to do best. His inspirational instinct motivated him to established a Centre named Docfred Continental Special Clinic – DCSC (Centre for Counselling, Research, & Career Development) based in Owerri, Imo State, where he counsells people on different areas of human endeavour such as leadership, citizenship, marriage and relationship, as well as grooms talented young ones in various careers.

As a trained and chartered technologist, he had always dreamt of being an employer of labour rather than the reverse. Owing to this aspiration; in January 2012, he came up with a firm named Docfred Enterprises that majors in Engineering, ICT and Media consultancy, which was later in the year, September precisely, duly incorporated with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as DOCFRED (NIG.) ENTERPRISES. The company, which is still maintaining the status quo, is operating vigorously across the country and beyond.

Professional/Academic Affiliations:

FDN Nwaozor who is affiliated to several notable professional societies including Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), International Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Nigerian Institute of Physics (NIP), and Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Alumni Association, is an regular contributor to numerous international journals among which are:            

 *International Journal of Engineering & Science Invention (IJESI)

 *International Journal of Engineering Research & Applications (IJERA)

 *International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER)

 *Quest Journals Inc.

 *Int’l Organization of Scientific Research - Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN)

 *International Journal of Engineering & Science (IJES)

 *Int’l Journal of Latest Research in Engineering and Tech. (IJLRET)

 *Int’l Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering & Management (IJAREM)

 *American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER).

Social Affiliations:

As an ardent humanitarian and social crusader, so far, Comrade Fred D.N Nwaozor has founded many social and humanitarian organizations to include Oru Youths Platform (OYOPLA) - defunct, Imo Fans Fortress (IMOFAF), Nigerian Solidarity Network (NISON), and Fred Nwaozor Foundation (FRENOF). FRENOF, which is a global civil rights society, is targeted to render succour to the less-privileged as well as stand as a voice to the voiceless in any country where it is established. The veteran comrade is also currently affiliated to innumerable social bodies, both local and international, including the Orluzurumee Cultural Union (OCU), Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Rotary International (RI), and Amnesty International (AI).

Appointments/Honours:

Based on competence and trustworthiness, the Media Ambassador was in January 2014 appointed as the Special Adviser (SA) on Media & Publicity to the then Transition-Committee Chairman of Oru East Local Government Area (LGA) – the LGA where he hails from. Furthermore, he was appointed/recognized as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media & Public Affairs to the Commandant General of the Imo State Civil Guard Corps (IMCG) – a paramilitary body in the Eastern Heartland (Imo State, Nigeria) founded by law. He has bagged too many awards in line with his dogged and unrelenting efforts toward the uplift of humanity and society at large; while on campus, in 2008 to be precise, he was recognized as the most distinguished student leader and humanitarian. Still on campus, he was also nominated and duly endorsed as the Commandant of Nigerian Red Cross Society, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Detachment in 2006 – a position he held till 2008 when he graduated from the university.

References:   

http://sunnewsonline.com/news/intensifying-awareness-on-diabetes/

http://newtelegraphonline.com/derailed-homosapien-2/

http://thenationonlineng.net/unending-atm-conundrum/

http://punchng.com/combating-malnutrition-in-nigeria/

2015 Int'l Day of Persons with Disabilities

ENCOURAGING PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AS THE 2015 INT’L DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IS MARKED TOMORROW THURSDAY DECEMBER 3

      

Today December 3, the world over is commemorating the 2015 International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The United Nations (UN) Decade of Disabled Persons was held from 1983 to 1992 to enable governments and organizations at all levels to implement measures to improve the life of disabled persons all over the world.

      

On October 14, 1992, as the decade drew to a close, the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 3 of every year as the International Day of Disabled Persons. This day was first observed on December 3, 1992. Subsequently, on December 18, 2007, the Assembly changed the observance’s name from the ‘International Day of Disabled Persons’ to the ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’. The new name was first used in 2008.

      

Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, sensory, mental, cognitive, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A certain disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person’s lifetime.

      

Disability is an umbrella term covering impairments, participation restriction, and activity limitations. An impairment is a plight in one’s body function or structure; a participation restriction is a problem experienced by a person in involvement in life situations; whilst an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action.

      

This implies that disability is indeed a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he/she lives or belongs. For instance, various forms of chronic disease may also qualify as disabilities.

      

Some advocates object to describing certain conditions such as deafness, vision impairment, or autism as disabilities, arguing that it is more appropriate to consider them as developmental differences that have been unfairly stigmatized by the society. In the same vein, others argue that disability is a result of exclusion from mainstream society and not because of impairment.

      

The term ‘disability’ broadly describes an impairment in a person’s ability to function as an individual, caused by changes in several subsystems of the body or in mental health. The degree of disability may range from mild to moderate, severe, or profound. A person might also be suffering from multiple disabilities. Irrespective of the degree or nature of the disability, it can be measured objectively or subjectively.

      

Considering the causes of disability, the condition could be inherited or genetically transmitted; congenital, meaning caused by a mother’s infection or other diseases gotten prior to or during pregnancy as well as soon after birth, or via embryonic/fetal developmental irregularities; it could also be acquired, such as conditions caused by illness or injury; or even of unknown origin, as the case may be.

      

Currently, there are several classes of disability including Physical disability, Sensory disability, Vision impairment, Hearing impairment, Olfactory and gustatory impairment, Balance disorder, Somatosensory disorder, Intellectual disability, Mental disorder, Pervasive developmental disorders, Developmental disability, among others. Whichever type that is involved, it is worth noting that an individual with any form of disability can function as effective as, even more effective or efficient than, able-bodied individuals if given the needed support or encouragement.

      

Against this backdrop, based on our individual/corporate social responsibilities, we are expected to always endeavour to do everything within our reach and humanly possible to ensure that persons living disabilities at our respective jurisdictions are duly given a sense of belonging starting from the classrooms to working places with a view to strengthening nation building.

       

At the various institutions of learning, from primary to tertiary level, rather than discriminating the said set of people, they are meant to be given special attentions by the teachers and management of the schools. For instance, those suffering from vision impairment such as the albinos are supposed to be provided with special sunglasses and also meant to sit at the front of their classrooms or closer to the board. Such treatment ought to be replicated during their various examinations, either internal or external.

      

Similarly, during electioneering eras, the electoral umpire is expected to make a different arrangement towards the sensitization or orientation of the electorate with disabilities in line with the nature of their challenges. And, on the election days, the persons in question deserve a preferential treatment throughout the polls to enable them cast their votes properly as demanded.

      

More so, it is no longer news that in the labour market as well as political settings, the degree of discrimination faced by persons living with disabilities is presently on the rampage. In view of this, there’s a compelling need for the legislators to enact a strict law that would stipulates a basic statutory percentage of persons with disabilities expected to be found in any public sector, or a certain minimum number of persons with disabilities that must be employed or appointed in the civil service or political arena, as the case might be, in accordance to the directive of the United Nations.

      

More pathetically, it is obvious that recently, several prospective students with disabilities such as HIV/AIDS or physical challenges of most citadels of learning across the country especially the private tertiary institutions are invariably deprived of their chances of securing admission thereby making most of them lose interest of furthering their education. Undoubtedly, the level of post-traumatic stress disorder attributed to the aforementioned stigmatization cannot be overemphasized that if adequate and drastic approach is not taken by the appropriate authorities towards ending the anomaly, it is liable to degenerate into an untold societal menace soonest.        

      

Above all, acknowledging the fact that persons with disabilities easily fall victim of any disaster or crisis owing to vulnerability, there’s no need reiterating that they are meant to be attended to, or treated as a priority during any disaster management. To this end, any personnel/expert involved in the management of any form of crisis ought to ensure that individuals with disabilities that are resident in the affected area are first attended to as well as duly catered for before any other resident.

      

As Nigeria in its entirety joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I’m using this medium to enjoin every Nigerian and civil society organization to at all times in their respective capacities endeavour to protect the rights of the teeming persons living with disabilities found within our various societies. We can actualize this by confronting any norm or perception that condones any kind of discrimination against them. Think about it!

Comr Fred Doc Nwaozor  

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