By Peter Agba Kalu
Amidst the relentless tide of commerce, entrepreneurship and selfless community social service to humanity, one man stood tall, a beacon of innovation in a sea of convention. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, is a trailblazing entrepreneur, radical investor, and born risk taker with an uncanny ability to discern the contours of the future. His mind, a maelstrom of creative genius, constantly churned out ideas that would shatter the status quo and redefine the business landscape.
A dynamic business colossus who after understudying Kelvin Jombo Onumah the popular humanitarian dynamite thundered, “If 40% of the wealthy Abians can be 50% humane like Ogah, a lot would have been better when it comes to human capital in our dear state.” Like attracts like, you will say.
With an unquenchable thirst for disruption, Uche Ogah founded Masters Energy Group, a revolutionary sustainable energy firm that has gradually, forcefully harnessed the investment opportunities around him to expand into other fields. His pioneering spirit and unwavering dedication inspired a generation of entrepreneurs to join the industrial transformation he brought into Igbo land.
Ogah’s innovative prowess wasn’t limited to his business ventures alone. He was a master strategist, weaving intricate networks of partnerships and collaborations that spawned groundbreaking massive technologically advanced manufacturing investments that has been recorded as second to none in Igbo land. His company’s cutting-edge industrial facilities became a hotbed of innovation, attracting brilliant minds from across the Igbo land.
The ripple effects of his innovative spirit resonated throughout the economy of the East of the Niger, creating new opportunities and inspiring a culture of entrepreneurship.
Look at his community and you will do away with the notion that a tree cannot make forest. Ablaze with the glow of progress, he knew his journey was far from over after building the biggest Oil Farm Tank in West Africa at Port Harcourt. The horizon beckoned, promising new frontiers to conquer and uncharted territories to explore. With an unwavering commitment to innovation, Ogah continued to push the boundaries, forging a brighter future for generations to come at his community Onuaku in Uturu, Isiukwuato LG of Abia State, he transformed the once unknown sleepy community into one of fasting growing community in Africa. He didn’t just stop there, he brought industrialization. Now, he called me and thundered, “Peter, am building a university” How lucky and blessed can a community be. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has invested over N500b in Onuaku, Uturu and this is just a being humble rough estimated looking at the value of naira today.
In a conversation at his massive villa home at Onuaku, l once asked him, “what are you doing in politics, you have so much money” This was after taking a tour of his massive factory at Onuaku and though we were being moved around with a Hilux bus, a day wasn’t enough to cover the entire investment. Looking at me like a lost soul, he answered, “God has blessed me, l want to give back to humanity and to my state”. In all these, he remained humble, hardly see a betrayal of an atom of arrogance in him.
Ogah is a global case study, he’s a natural wealth making phenomenon. There are few individuals in human history that God sent to alter the cause of history positively and they do it in such a way that you will know that the grace of God is their staying strength.
You have heard of wealthy people building hotels, universities, industries, and infrastructures, but Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah known by the acronym USO built all these and went a step further to built a community. Let me download it.
You see, a lot has been written about Ogah on how he built one of the biggest individual industrial estates in West Africa. While appreciating this, l think that Ogah’s greatest investment is not about his business investments, but his investment in human resourcefulness.
Ogah’s greatest investment is his investment in people. He is one person who doesn’t just want to be the only shining light in his community, among his friends, and across his business circle. Outside investing in educational empowerment he has opened the doors and given a lot of people the opportunity to become multi-million business tycoons. Uche Ogah has produced over 100 multiple times millionaires. Some today are multi billionaires, and he hardly talk about that, because naturally he doesn’t talk much.
Ogah has shown us that the greatest wealthy people are not just those who increased their business estates here and there, but the ones who invested in uplifting humanity.
This is the quality true Igbo great men of old are known for, their real wealth was valued based on how many other millionaires they helped produce.
The come home and invest crusaders should use Uche Ogah as their symbol.
Dr. Uche Ogah is dedicated to the growth of the local economy. His investment in the industrial city has created a remarkable 14,000 direct and indirect jobs, particularly benefiting the people of his hometown.
The industrial city also boasts a range of modern facilities, including an Information Communication Technology (ICT) center, state-of-the-art laboratory facility, a well-equipped hospital, police/security base, fire-fighting station, and residential quarters for workers.
As of this 2024, the Masters Energy industrial City in Uturu has ten functioning factories, producing a diverse range of products such as lubricants, electric meter, grease, bottled water, juice, noodles, rubber, fertilizer, vegetables, rice, assorted wines, and tires. This impressive array of factories places the industrial city among the top five largest industrial cities in Africa and the first of its kind in Nigeria.
Masters Energy Group is a highly reputable oil and gas firm that has firmly established its dominance in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
