They include Director, Golden Guinea Breweries, Umuahia (1984–1987); Member, Special Advisory Committee to the Federal Government on Electronic Media Operations (1989–1993); Member, Central Working Committee of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria, BON (1987–1997); Chairman, Zone ‘E’ of BON comprising the Eastern States; and Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze in Anambra State (2000–2003).
[citation needed] A former President-General of Old Afikpo Union (OAU) comprising today’s Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone, he was also an ordained Ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria.
He was the Chairman of the Presbyterian Joint Hospital, Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State from 1994 to 2000.
He was decorated a Member of the Order of the Niger by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 and was one of the six delegates selected to represent Ebonyi State at the 2005 National Political Reform Conference.
[2] As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, in April 2010, Ude raised concern about security lapses at the nation's airports after an incident in Calabar where a motorist rammed into an airplane that was preparing to take off.