Ibusa Scholar with Philanthropy and Healthy Relationship with His Environment: A Biography of Prof Fred Osadebe

ANIOMA WATCH PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK

August 3, 2024

- Emeka Esogbue

Prof Fred Osy Osadebe (Academic, Accountant, Financial Analyst, Data Analyst, Administrator and Philanthropist) was born to Obi Joseph Igbawuzia Osadebe who was once the Diokpa (traditional head) of Nkpanyala Clan and Mrs. Lucy Ogbeianu Osadebe nee Obi Nedua from Idumuobi, Ogbeowele, Ibusa).

He hails from Nkpanyala Clan in Umuekea Quarters of Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. In 1971, he attended the Oranmiyan Memorial Grammar School in Ile-Ife, Osun State, then St. Columbia Grammar School in Agbor after finishing elementary school.

Prof Osadebe worked briefly with the National Provident Fund before proceeding to the USA. He became admitted into Texas Southern University and University of Houston, Texas where the degrees of B.BA in Accounting, M.BA in Finance and Ph.D. in Research and Statistics, were obtained in 1996.

He is a Professor of Education (Data Analyst) with the duties of assisting doctoral students from various American universities with students from all over the world with dissertations and fellow Professors with journal publications - local and international.

During the course of his more than 28 years as a teacher, Prof. Osadebe has not only taught his students but he has also raised and coached students who have gone on to teach other students, and so the cycle continues. This makes him kind and receptive, laid-back and reserved, but nevertheless steadfast in his ambitions for his own life.

Humility remains his watchword. Professor Fred Osy Osadebe feels that his modest demeanor stems from his ability to achieve things gracefully. Because of this, he can interact with everyone in his environment in a healthy way, treating them all with respect and without prejudice or oppression. His characteristics place him among Ibusa's most affable academics.

Even with his impressive academic record, Prof. Fred Osadebe is still considered one of the most humble Ibusa extraction teachers. He is respected for his composure and manners in his contacts with the people in his neighborhood since he is viewed as a friend to all, regardless of the camps that may already exist.

In 2010, he was listed by PEN MASTER (also published in www.ibusa.net) as one of the top ten Anioma indigenes who finished well in 2010). In the same year, he was again reported by PEN MASTER as one of the 24 Ibusa indigenes who amazed PEN MASTER. Similarly, he was listed by Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude Kwusike in the list of 34 notable Ibusa professors, a project designed to showcase the community's renowned professors to the world. In 2024, he was selected as a member of the Ibusa Stakeholders, charged with the responsibility of returning peace in the community.

A philanthropist with uncommon stature, Prof Osadebe encourages reading culture among the people of Delta State with his continual donations of textbooks to the Delta State Library, Ibusa Branch. He is also one of the biggest and most consistent donors to the Ibusa Community Ibusa (ICP).

Furthermore, he has shown consistency in the sponsorship of community-oriented projects in his Nkpanyala Clan also providing personal assistance to the members of the society. Prof Fred Osy Osadebe is believed to have established the first cyber cafe in Ibusa (acknowledged in the Book of Records: A Compendium of Ibusa Firsts and Achievers, Carophem Communication Ltd, p.36 by Esogbue E).

Osadebe has the knack for sustaining cordial relationships with his Ibusa and Anioma people at the grassroots level).

Married to Dr. Veronica Osadebe, Pharm D, a Pharmacist, from Umudiokolo, Ezukwu, Ibusa with children, Dr. Shirley Nneka Osadebe (Medical Doctor), professionally, Internal Med & Pediatrics (daughter), Dr. Debra Nnedinma Osadebe, Pharm.D (Pharmacist) daughter, Dr. Uche Osadebe (Medical Doctor), Orthopedic Surgeon (son) and Dr. Stephanie Awele Osadebe (Attorney/Barrister-at-Law), has bred and nurtured a successful Anioma family.

He is a devout Catholic, a knighted Christian Men Organization (CMO) leader of the largest Igbo group in North America.

Prof Fred Osy Osadebe is by his philanthropic contributions to the growth and development of the Ibusa community, recognized today as Anioma Watch Personality of Week.

Following Obi Engr Nduka, the Obi of Issele-Uku Kingdom, the proud Ibusa scholar and humanitarian is the sixth recipient of this esteemed award.

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