Okechukwu Idika

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 January 2024 14:54

Published on Monday, 08 January 2024 15:32

Okechukwu Idika has over 18years of experience in Information and Communication Technology, System Billing and Project Management, certified in the areas of Information and Technology Infrastructural Library (ITIL), Comverse Comverged Billing System, (CCBS) FX CSR, COBIT, Project Management and Cloudera Certified Professional. 

He holds a degree in Computer Science and MSC in Information Technology from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike and National Open University of Nigeria. 

A member of International Association of Engineers (IEANG), Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Computer Professional of Nigeria (CPM), Project Management Institute with a certificate on Fundamental Project Management with USAID Power Africa. 

Okechukwu has worked with a telecommunication clearing house (Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria) as Billing System Analyst, after which he moved fully into the telecommunication industry as a Billing System Specialist with INTEC. He later joined Multi-links Telkom SA, and was among the winners of the companywide best staff Colabo award in the CIO department with an all-expense trip to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup and later furthered a Course in Computer Engineering Technology. 

He joined the Pacific International Lines (PIL) as the Head of ICT in Nigeria, where he managed the end-to-end ICT business process and was a member of the Management team from 2011 till Nov 2014 when he resigned to join the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC). 

He joined EEDC as Manager Billing and was later appointed the Technical Assistant to the Managing Director. Thereafter, he assumed the Acting Head of Billing until he was confirmed as Head of Billing. 

In 2023, Okechukwu was appointed the Head of ICT department, a position he still occupies till date.