Chinedu Ikedieze
New Year resolution and projects for 2014
I find it a little bit funny when people go out of their ways to make resolutions they seldom keep. I don’t do resolutions. What I do is ask God to strengthen me, make me a better person. Give me a good heart to continue to do good to my fellow human beings; that is about it. On project outside the industry, a lot is in the pipeline but honestly I will rather not talk about it for now. As things unfold, I will keep you in the loop. By God’s grace, I will do more charity for kids this year; it is very sad that we have lots of kids in the street. They are not much different from us. We were just luckier to have hard working parents and more opportunities, otherwise some of us would have ended up like them. They are victims through no fault of theirs. So by the grace of God, I will invest more time and money to bring succour to as much of them as I can.
Any plans to involve the Presidency in the project?
I have done series of proposals to the Presidency and other contacts like governors, and I believe they are giving them attention. It is one thing to send a proposal, yet it is another thing to have it approved. I believe with time it will be. For now, we are doing what we can with the little resources we can muster through our Aki and Pawpaw Child Care Foundation. There is a lot more to be done though.
Coping without a father for the past seven months
It has been difficult but life must go on. When I lost my father, I lost a friend and a mentor. As the first son and the eldest, all the responsibilities are now on me but like you know, God will never give us more than we can carry. It is tough but I am coping. I have to be strong for my mother and my siblings.
On the rumoured break up with his wife
Until you can put food on the table of bloggers and journalists (with all due respect) you are not yet a celebrity. Such news does not bother me; you know it is not true, you are very close to me and you have unrestricted access to my home. If my wife has moved out like they claim, you would have known. My marriage is one hundred and ten percent intact and it will remain so by the grace of God. The lunch we just had was prepared by my wife. She just stepped out to pick something from her shop. She has been working round the clock for the launch of her fashion label – NIKIZ – on February 16. Those who said we are no more together had better come to Oriental Hotels and see for themselves. I don’t know what those feeding such lies to the public hope to achieve. Anyway, I just see it as a desperate act of bloggers to put food on their table. As a celebrity, if there is no news, they will be forced to create news for you. That is how they draw visitors to their site; that is how they sell their papers. It is sad that some of them don’t know the damage they do with such stories. Sometime last year, a blogger posted that I and Osita Iheme had an accident on our way to Niger State. Our families, friends and fans were very disturbed by that wicked and baseless report, very sad indeed. Our people should be more thorough before they post anything on the internet. Just a phone call to me would have clarified the situation; instead they caused a major trauma to my well wishers.
Favourite food
I am not gluttonous. I eat moderately. I love vegetable soup a lot, another favourite soup of mine is this soup from the South South area, Fisherman soup. I love the soup so much. My wife has now perfected the act of cooking it. I usually enjoy it with pounded yam.
Exercise
I have a thread mill I use at home. There are other equipments for exercise I own too. I also go out to play football. I take it easy, of course; it is fun and exercise for me. No club signed me for 18 millions pounds so I don’t play to stress or injure myself rather to work out and have fun.
Any advice for the youth?
Be the best you can be by putting your mind to do what you are doing. very well. You don’t know who is watching.
I find it a little bit funny when people go out of their ways to make resolutions they seldom keep. I don’t do resolutions. What I do is ask God to strengthen me, make me a better person. Give me a good heart to continue to do good to my fellow human beings; that is about it. On project outside the industry, a lot is in the pipeline but honestly I will rather not talk about it for now. As things unfold, I will keep you in the loop. By God’s grace, I will do more charity for kids this year; it is very sad that we have lots of kids in the street. They are not much different from us. We were just luckier to have hard working parents and more opportunities, otherwise some of us would have ended up like them. They are victims through no fault of theirs. So by the grace of God, I will invest more time and money to bring succour to as much of them as I can.
Any plans to involve the Presidency in the project?
I have done series of proposals to the Presidency and other contacts like governors, and I believe they are giving them attention. It is one thing to send a proposal, yet it is another thing to have it approved. I believe with time it will be. For now, we are doing what we can with the little resources we can muster through our Aki and Pawpaw Child Care Foundation. There is a lot more to be done though.
Coping without a father for the past seven months
It has been difficult but life must go on. When I lost my father, I lost a friend and a mentor. As the first son and the eldest, all the responsibilities are now on me but like you know, God will never give us more than we can carry. It is tough but I am coping. I have to be strong for my mother and my siblings.
On the rumoured break up with his wife
Until you can put food on the table of bloggers and journalists (with all due respect) you are not yet a celebrity. Such news does not bother me; you know it is not true, you are very close to me and you have unrestricted access to my home. If my wife has moved out like they claim, you would have known. My marriage is one hundred and ten percent intact and it will remain so by the grace of God. The lunch we just had was prepared by my wife. She just stepped out to pick something from her shop. She has been working round the clock for the launch of her fashion label – NIKIZ – on February 16. Those who said we are no more together had better come to Oriental Hotels and see for themselves. I don’t know what those feeding such lies to the public hope to achieve. Anyway, I just see it as a desperate act of bloggers to put food on their table. As a celebrity, if there is no news, they will be forced to create news for you. That is how they draw visitors to their site; that is how they sell their papers. It is sad that some of them don’t know the damage they do with such stories. Sometime last year, a blogger posted that I and Osita Iheme had an accident on our way to Niger State. Our families, friends and fans were very disturbed by that wicked and baseless report, very sad indeed. Our people should be more thorough before they post anything on the internet. Just a phone call to me would have clarified the situation; instead they caused a major trauma to my well wishers.
Favourite food
I am not gluttonous. I eat moderately. I love vegetable soup a lot, another favourite soup of mine is this soup from the South South area, Fisherman soup. I love the soup so much. My wife has now perfected the act of cooking it. I usually enjoy it with pounded yam.
Exercise
I have a thread mill I use at home. There are other equipments for exercise I own too. I also go out to play football. I take it easy, of course; it is fun and exercise for me. No club signed me for 18 millions pounds so I don’t play to stress or injure myself rather to work out and have fun.
Any advice for the youth?
Be the best you can be by putting your mind to do what you are doing. very well. You don’t know who is watching.
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