•Jonathan, Shobanjo, Osunkeye, Masari, Adeola, Peterside, Ogunbiyi, Udoma, Okeke, Belo-Osagie, Mark, Agwai, Chike-Obi, Abdulahi winners of lifetime achievement awards •See inside for nominees for Transaction of the Year, Government Agency of the Year, Senator of the Year •Dangote, NLNG Prize for Literature, MTN, UBA, Fidelity Bank foundations nominated for philanthropist of the year They are good ambassadors for Nigeria, men and women majority of who rose organically to the very top in their respective callings. A coterie set apart by their shared commitment to excellence. The Board of Editors of THISDAY Group, last night, unveiled the promising young men and women as winners in the “Young Global Leaders” category of the Group’s Commemoration Awards.
Applications for this category were legion, attesting to the nation’s growing youth strength, especially those doing well for themselves in different fields of human endeavour. But the THISDAY Board of Editors pruned the number down to a lucky few. Starting with the Queen of Warri Kingdom, Olori Ivie Atunwase III, the other winners in the category include the CEO of Niger Delta Power Company, Jennifer Adighije; Chairman of Sun Newspaper, Neya Uzor Kalu; and co-founder and CEO of Paystack, Shola Akinlade.
Also making the list are CEO of Konga Group, Nnamdi Ekeh; Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Halilu; CEO of AA&R Investment, Abdullahi Bash.
