Akolisa Ufodike (born October 6, 1973, in

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) is a

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-Canadian entrepreneur, academic, finance executive and politician. He is a director of Kainji Resources, an oil and gas company in

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. He currently serves as assistant professor of auditing (data analytics) and public policy and law at

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in Toronto.

Early life and career

Ufodike was born in 1973 in

to the family of Colonel Leonard Ufodike and Ebele Ufodike of

Umudim Umudim is a village in Nnewi North, Anambra State, Nigeria. Umudim as we know is the third quarter among the four quarters of Nnewi town. Others are Otolo, Uruagu and Nnewichi. Umudim Community has ten (10) Administrative wards as follows. (i) War ...

and Otolo,

Nnewi Nnewi is a commercial and industrial city in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria. It is the second largest and second most populous city in the southern part of the country. Nnewi as a metropolis has one local government area, which is Nnewi North ...

Education

Ufodike attended

Nigerian Military School The Nigerian Military School Zaria, popularly known as (NMS), founded as the Boys-Company of Nigeria in 1954, was established under the auspices of Nigerian Regiment Training centre of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). The school was ...

Zaria Zaria is a metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau Emirate Council, and one of the original seven Hausa city-states ...

and

Nigerian Defence Academy The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna, Nigeria that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces: the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The duration of t ...

Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the ...

. In 2006, he attended and obtained

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from Laurentian University, Canada. In 2008, he obtained a

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degree from

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and in 2017, obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Management degree from

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Career and employment

After graduating from Nigerian Defence Academy, Ufodike started a career in banking, working for Intercontinental Merchant Bank in

Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ...

. He sits on the provincial audit committee for Alberta and is also a board member of the Canadian Nigerian Chamber of commerce helping in the facilitation of trade between Canada and

. In 2015, he ran for the

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provincial election.

Membership

Ufodike is a member of the

Institute of Corporate Directors Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) is primarily an institute of, for and by corporate directors established in the Philippines. It is made up mainly of individuals and reputational agents committed to the professional practice of corporate dire ...

Canada,

Chartered Professional Accountant Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA; french: comptable professionnel agréé) is the professional certification, professional designation which united the three Canadian accounting designations that previously existed: :* Canadian Institute ...

Canada, Certified Professional Accountant USA and Certified Chartered Accountant UK.

Award and recognition

* ''Fellowships of CPA Canada (FCPA)'' * ''Fellowship of CGA Canada'' (FCGA)

References

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