held many other positions which are listed below as follows: Chairman of the Council of Information Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC). There are 113 member countries in COMINAC. Chairman Nigerian Committee, World Decade for Cultural Development. Vice Chairman PAN African News Agency Chairman National Council of Information and Culture Chairman of Council of Information Ministers of ECOWAS Countries Member, Vision 2010 Committee, 1995 - 1997 Member Imo State Elders Council, 2007 till date Member National Party of Nigeria Member National Republican Convention Member People's Democratic Party Member Southern Nigeria People's Assembly Member Aka Ikenga Lagos Member Ndigbo Lagos Member Ime Obi Caucus, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Member, Ikoyi Club 1938 Member, IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja Registered Trustee, National Association of Movie Journalists Patron of NOPA (Nollywood Outstanding Personality Awards) Chief Host, Nollywood NOPA Awards Contributions to business and economic management From 1981 to 1983, Ofonagoro has served as Director/Chairman of the Finance and Establishment Committee of the Board of Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria Bukuru, Plateau State, the largest tin mining Company in Nigeria. From 1981 to 1984, he has served as Chairman of Finance and Establishment Committee of the ATMN Board of Directors. He has also operated as director, chairman and CEO of the following Stanwal Group of Companies which include Stanwal Builders Nigeria Ltd, Stanwal Consultants Nigeria Ltd, and SUNOD Transport and Haulage Company Ltd. From 1989 to 1995, he was Director of Thomas Kingsley Securities Ltd (Member of Nigeria Stock Exchange). Then he established his own stock brokerage firm (Stanwal Securities Ltd.) in 1991 which was initially known as Atlantic Securities Ltd. Atlantic Securities was renamed to Stanwal Securities in order to avoid any confusion of identity with other similarly named brokerage houses in the Nigerian Capital Market. On June 20, 1997, the firm was granted a license by the Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a fully independent securities brokerage house with an initial paid-up capital of N5,639,000. However, as at 30 June 2015 the company had achieved a paid-up capital of N251,704,028 and had authorized capital of N1bn, but the net shareholders' funds stood at N72,990,619. Under the circumstances, with the current nose-dive of oil prices and with the capital market in a freefall, the board of Stanwal is reviewing strategies for future business activities. On the brighter side, Stanwal Consultants Ltd. won a gold medal for Excellence in Business Practice from the