Immanuel Emoefe: A Philanthropist With Integrity

Having heard and met His Excellency High Chief (Evang) Immanuel Emoefe,the Okpugo 1 of Irri kingdom twice, I discovered a great intellectual humility in him as a person. He believes that not only when someone joins politics he or she can affect lives positively but with your mindset in your own little way, such a person can put smile on someone’s life. His Excellency Chief Immanuel Emoefe holds M.SC Degree in international politics from the University of Lagos.

As a trained politician, he knows how to run creative politics with integrity. He once told me in his palatial office that it is not by hardwork that makes someone wealthy in life but by the grace of God. He cited those that worked in the construction site most especially the labourers and others said boldly to me that God is the provider of a man not hardwork.

Many a time, some notable sons and daughters from Isoko extraction want him to join murky waters of Nigeria politics which he has objected such request and preferred to be unnoticed in life. His integrity and humility has paved way for a man that knows how to run business creatively. He is an astute manager of human and material resources and worked as a General Manager with Ramah Petroleum Company, a Marine-based outfit operating in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria for eight years.

Upon setting up Portplus Limited in 2004 and he was appointed as the pioneer MD/CEO, a position he holds till date. Chief Emoefe’s managerial ability and prowess has led to the phenomenal growth of Portplus to a company being celebrated by major players not in the oil and gas industry but in other areas of the Nigerian economy.

He also sits as a director to many companies in Nigeria due to his proven track records in the Marine and Oil and Gas sectors. He does not take him a second to study someone’s character because of his highly intelligent being God made him.

Chief Emoefe is not just a philanthropist but a man that lives after God’s heart. Many thought his magnanimous displayed of relief materials to Isoko flood victims in 2012 was to join politics but he has said politics is not in his entrepreneurial diary but to affect lives positively in Nigeria. He likes working with intelligent people of uprightness.

He possesses creative knowledge which early last year he was honoured by the Guinea Bissau President where prominent Nigerians congratulated him on the National newspapers. Anybody that works with Chief Emoefe without learning creative knowledge on entrepreneurial leadership, it means such a person cannot make progress in life.

There are people in Nigeria you work with, you will never regret or think of retirement which His Excellency Emoefe belongs to that school of thought. He has affected the lives of many clergies in Isoko and others. One thing you cannot take away from Chief Emoefe is the total commitment to the things of God in his life. He prefers good name than earthly riches without heaven. He has received several meritorious awards in Nigeria and abroad.

His Excellency Chief Immanuel Emoefe remains the silent philanthropist of Isoko nation. He is happily married and blessed with children.

Godday Odidi
Social Media Analyst
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Lagos

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Articles by Godday Odidi