By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor
CHIEF Arthur Christopher Izuegbunan Mbanefo, MFR, CON, Odu III, 90, is a rare breed personality. Highly intelligent, cerebral and talented, he has excelled in many walks of life, making his marks in accountancy, business, international diplomacy, public policy formulation, educational administration, philanthropy, culture and the arts.
Born in Onitsha on June 11, 1930 to the famous Mbanefo family, Arthur was educated at St. Patrick’s College, Calabar, and trained in the United Kingdom as a chartered accountant. The young Arthur Mbanefo qualified as a chartered accountant in the United Kingdom in the mid-1950s and worked with respected accounting firms in Brighton and London.