Personality of the Week - 7th to 13th March, 2011

Ambassador Dozie Nwanna

The personality of this week has been chosen in recognition of the unprecedented support, encouragement and patronage which the Nigerian community is receiving through the newly elected officials of CANUK. He is no other person than the Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Dozie Nwanna OON. He joins the duo of Dr Christopher Kolade CON and Dr Dalhatu Sarki Tafida OFR, great Nigerian statesmen whose contributions to the restructuring of the Nigerian community in the UK cannot be over estimated.

Dozie Nwanna OON, was appointed an Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2007 and assigned as Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. A career diplomat, he had previously served in France and South Africa.

For higher education, Nwanna went to the University of Nigeria and graduated in psychology in 1978. He has attended many courses during his career, including studying for the Master of International and Strategic Studies (MISS) programme of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, between 1998 and 2000.

Nwanna formally joined the Nigerian civil service as an Investigation Officer at the Public Complaints Commission in 1979 and has been appointed into various positions, including being an Acting Director of Administration at the National Space Research and Development Agency in 1999 and a Foreign Service Officer (Special Grade) in 2004.

Ambassador Dozie Nwanna is a communicator who has carried out research in several diverse areas including Linguistics and has very strong personal interests in the study of war games, a field in which he has patented inventions and developed a war analysis and strategy prognostication device (termed the WASP Technology) for the military. Apart from serving as a consultant on war games to the Nigerian Army between 1988 and 1992, Nwanna has given many public and private exhibitions on his inventions and their fallouts. In addition, he privately sponsors and promotes the establishment of Doziet (war-game) Clubs for recreation and for general enlightenment on Strategy. In 2001, Nigeria's national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) was conferred on the inventor for services to Nigeria with his groundbreaking Doziet war games and their spin-off.

Born on 6th August 1954, Ambassador Nwanna is married to Dr (Mrs) Rose Nwanna (Refocus Youth Charity Organization) and has two daughters. For hobby, he sings as well as plays the guitar. A lyricist, he enjoys and writes poetry, and listens to classical and martial music.

CANUK hereby acknowledges with full appreciation the support and patronage we have received from our Acting High Commissioner, Ambassador Dozie Nwanna OON. We are very grateful indeed.

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