TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AS A TOOL TO BUILDING EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONS; THE CONFLUENCE WHERE THE CEO, JOLLY JOLLY INSTANT NOODLES MR. IFEJIOFOR IKENNA AND DR. JOSEPH UGBOAJA, THE CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL ANAMBRA STATE MEETS MOST STRATEGICALLY.


By Okeh, Onyekachi Chukwuemeka.

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The Nnewi born, sold out to God entrepreneur is also responsible for the innovation seen with keke tyres where their diameter was increased in order to carry more load effectively and serve the various customers. Abraham Tube and tyre is their signature brand and if you have ever used it, you would be in a better position to speak more on its durability more than I can just as testimonials from folks who were at the exhibition of these products in Europe have consistently validated these reports.

Dr. Joseph Ugboaja is very selective about the quality of people he deals with but then in the midst of his somewhat strikingly selective nature, whenever he meets a young and dynamic visionary, he connects with same spontaneously and in most cases they end up aligning to build systems that generations to come would be most excited about, examples of such relationships of Ochinanwata abound.

For a company that is not yet fully automated that produces seven thousand (7,000) to eight thousand cartons of Jolly Jolly noodles daily, the full automation that it is heading at, where it would be producing thirty thousand (30,000) cartons a day is a destination only the strong hearted and daring can look at.

Jolly Jolly noodles is known for its exceptional cake and spice quality just as the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Anambra State is being propped up by the Chief Medical Director and his team, so that it would be one that would be known for innovation, topnotch customer care services and the best of affordable infrastructure in the Medical space to delivery the best quality of health to its numerous patients in a few years to come.

The both Chief Executives have the fact that they are young, visionary and innovative in common and of all places where they have chosen to bring the world to through their ingenuity, they have chosen Nnewi in Anambra State of all places, at a time when everyone seems to be running away due to insecurity. There is something about these dreamers who are obsessed with their thought of making their institutions stand out at all times in their various areas of endeavour and you can always hope for the best form of leadership from them.

The quality of what we all saw the possibility of, at the expansion site of the factory brings to the fore, that there is no limit to what a man can achieve in life as long as he dares to conceive of it in his mind. Note that this company started production officially in the year 2019.

As Mr. Ikenna Ifejiofor and his team tirelessly work towards a fully automated factory by deploying the most recent and very best of technologies, it is instructive to know that such a swiftly knit relationship as he has established with Dr. Joseph Ugboaja is possible largely because they have areas of overlapping interest which solely borders on giving the best that could be accessed to their esteemed clients and patients while serving the best of all that is possible to those who make use of their services.

The Chief Medical Director was so pleased to see what is happening right here in Nnewi and also offered to host the CEO of Jolly Jolly Noddles and his wife, a pair he admired, whenever they so deem it fit to visit to see how much of transformation that Ochinanwata has been able to facilitate in just a year of his being in office. At NAUTH, the vision remains to be among the first five tertiary healthcare institutions by 2030 irrespective of where we are now.

Finally, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo is blessed to have men of this quality doing exceedingly mind blowing things in Anambra State despite the security scare and I am sure that with the best of government support for Mr. Ikenna Ifejiofor and his likes who are massive employers of Labour, there is no limit to what they can achieve with such collaborations.

Dr. Joseph Ugboaja is incharge of a Federal Medical institution situated in Anambra where we primarily serve the people of Anambra State and people from other regions that need our services who visit us. It would be most refreshing and encouraging if the Governor and his team can look out for critical areas of partnerships with NAUTH to serve Ndị Anambra the most.

This is a great time to be alife and I am happy that these two young and energetic visionaries are leading the way from a seemingly remote location as Nnewi.

The future is youthful and we cannot dare to remove our feet from the accelerator pedal yet until our destination is arrived at. With transformational and disruptive leaders in their various fields, there is no limit to what is possible in our future. This is just a tip of the ice berg of what I experienced today at Jolly Jolly factory.