Charles Achilike Njoku: Born 1944 in Owerri, Imo State. First son of Raymond Njoku. Attended St Gregory's College Lagos & Belmont Abbey Sch Hereford, England; he won prizes in study & sports in both places. Voted the most promising athlete in the Commonwealth by World Sport magazine. Held Nigerian schools' high jump record & English schools' high jump record.

BA cum laude in economics Harvard University- graduated in three years '64-'67.LLB Hons King's College, London University; post Graduate Studies, London School of Economics. All-Ivy football team. Executive chairman West Africa Chemical Co. Ltd which was the largest agro-aviation company in West Africa (1977-1999), it had FAO, WHO, Fed Gov of Nigeria & Shell among its clients.

Appointed first Hon Commissioner for Infrastructure & Social Sector 2000-2004. As an economist he established with the Fed Govt of Nigeria The Centrality of infrastructure in any development strategy at the [National Planning Commission]. He was succeeded to Infrastructure portfolio by former Head of State Chief Ernest Shonekan- unprecedented. He spoke & wrote extensively ,in the media, on the Nigerian Political Economy; also wrote novels: The New Breed, Longmans; Race To The Navel, Bell Publishing Co.

References

Charles Njoku: The new breed. Longman, 1973: 1

Charles Njoku: Race to the navel. Bell Pub. Co, 1980: 2

Harvard Ivy league: 3

Article for ministry of information Nigeria: 'The problem with GSM': 4