As indicated by Sun News, a previous national leader of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dr. Simon Chukwuemeka Okolo is dead.

Family sources revealed that Okolo kicked the bucket on Saturday April 6, amid a short disease.

He set up the New Era Group of Companies Ltd made up of New Era Specialist Hospital Ltd Aba, with branches in Umuahia in Abia State, Nnewi in Anmabra State and different spots and New Era Foods Ltd, an agro-associated industry situated at Aba, which smashes palm bit and refines its oil into palatable vegetable oil.

A two-time leader of Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ACCIMA), administrator, Abia State section of Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Dr. Okolo ascended through the positions of the chamber development in Nigeria to turn into the 48th national leader of NACCIMA on October 29, 2008.

Dr. Okolo, through incessant backing, heightened endeavors to impart in the mind of the decision class that Nigeria can never industrialize if the rough street to her industrialisation was not smoothened. He attempted to excite government activity towards revamping Nigeria's rotted foundation and set up venture ideal arrangements and projects to birthing assistant Nigeria's mechanical take off.

To incite sufficient security framework and stem the rising tide in fierce violations in Nigeria, particularly seizing, he effectively prodded and got the Jonathan organization's guarantee to begin SIM card enlistment the nation over by correspondence organizations.

Okolo, who managed the exercises of the D-8 association for Economic Co-activity made up of nations like Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey was additionally introduced as an individual from the President Advisory Council (PAC) from 2010 to 2011 by previous president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

An ecclesiastical knight, Okolo, who had a place with a few expert bodies; Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Institute of Corporate Chairman of Nigeria and so forth, additionally filled in as president, Association of Anambra State Development Unions, Aba for a long time till his passing.

He gathered a few legitimacy grants, among them are National Awards of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) from the previous president, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua on February 14, 2008, Honors Awards of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State in acknowledgment of his huge and extraordinary commitment to NMA, society and humanity by and large, Papal Merit Award (2000) from His Holiness Pope, John Paul 11 for his liberality and worry for poor people and less advantaged, Merit Award by the Nigerian Bar Association, in profound valuation for his commitment to Aba people group and Nigeria.