Mackson Ozuruonye
O U Mackson’s profile:
Date of Birth: 2nd February 1992 (28 years)
O U Mackson, born Ozuruonye Mackson Uchenwa is a Nigerian journalist, filmmaker, talent manager entrepreneur and the founder of talent promotion company O U ENTERTAINMENTS and CEO oumackson.com
Hometown:
O U Mackson hails from Eziama Uturu in Abia state.
Ozuruonye Uchenwa was born into a polygamous family of 3 legal wives and 16 children.
He is also the 4th child of his mother; Mrs Obiesie who was his 2nd wife and the 12th child of the family.
Background:
O U Mackson was born in his hometown in Uturu but moved to Adamawa State at infancy to Professor Calistus Akosim; an adopted father, where he started his Daycare and Nursery education at University Nursery School then primary school at University Primary School, Yola.
He obtained his First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) in the same school before he moved back to his parents in Uturu, Abia State to continue his secondary education at the Assumption Model Technical School, Uturu then completed Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) at Osusu Secondary High School, Aba, Abia state.
Ozuruonye Mackson Uchenwa gained admission to study Mechanical Engineering in the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, and after his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in 2012, Ozuruonye Mackson Uchenwa enrolled in the University of Alaska Fairbanks USA, in the first quarter of 2013 and emerged one of the best graduating students of 2016/2017 section from the Linguistics Department where he studied English Literature/Letters (BA)
In 2019 Ozuruonye Mackson Uchenwa also completed a postgraduate diploma (PGD) in journalism in the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ)
Work Experiences:
National Television Authority (NTA10)
Program Canvasser
National Television Authority (NTA2)
Field Journalist/Producer
Betex Communications Limited
Producer/Director
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Script Writing – Certificate – 2010
• English/Human Relations – Certificate – 2013
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
• CEO O U Entertainments (www.oumackson.com)
• Author of 3 published books
• Graduate Member of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA)
HONOURS
Best prose writer of the year, award 2010
Association of Nigeria Authors, Ondo Chapter.
Awarded by: His Excellency the Executive Governor of Ondo State.
(Dr. Rahman Bamidele Mimiko)