By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed Obi Asika, the son of former administrator of East Central State, Anthony Ukpabi Asika as the Director-General, DG, National Council for Arts and Culture.

This was according to a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity).

Asika was among the 11 new Chief Executive Officers for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, the president appointed.

The statement reads; “The President mandates the appointees to discharge their duties in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, diligence, and patriotism with a view to making the creative sector more vibrant and robust.”

Asika an entertainment guru is an indigene of Onitsha in Anambra State.

He was born at the peak of the Nigerian Civil War.

His father, Anthony Ukpabi Asika, was administrator of East Central State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.

He attended Ekulu Primary School, Enugu from 1974 to 1977, and then proceeded to the United Kingdom where he attended Ashdown House, East Sussex between 1977 and 1982.

From Ashdown House, he gained a direct entry into Eton College, having obtained a Distinction in the National Common Entrance Exams in the UK.

At Eton College, Asika held several positions, including school prefect, secretary of the Political Society and secretary of the Film Society.

Asika was a research assistant at the World Trade Centre of Nigeria between 1986 and 1987.

He enrolled at the University of Warwick in 1987 from where he received an LLB Hons in 1990. At the University of Warwick, Asika was secretary, Nigerian Society; member, Political Society; member, Afro-Caribbean Society; radio host and DJ and events promoter.

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