Photo: CTV CEO, John Momoh Bags IOD Entrepreneurial Award
As explained by the President/Chairman, Mr Samuel Yemi Akeju, it has
been a busy year for members of the organisation who for one night every
year, come together to honour service to the institute, and excellence
in their various establishments.
The Guest of Honour, Chief Phillip Asiodu commended the Directors for
keeping the institute alive, asking them to be contributors to the
change they want to see in the country.
“We must reintegrate Nigeria amongst the best in the worlds,” he
said, adding that Nigeria, with its natural and human resources as well
as geographical position, has the potential to improve the lives of all
black people globally.
The keynote address was by the former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga
Daniel. He drew his address from his personal experience doing business
in Nigeria which he said is dependent on government and vice versa.
“There is a particular level of synergy expected between government
and the organised private sector in order to ensure a positive economic
development.
“The duty of government is to provide enabling environment for
private businesses so that they will prosper and catalyse the operating
environment for a profitable and sustainable economic growth and
development,” he said.
It was also an evening to honour outstanding members with prestigious
awards in various categories. The recipients of the Honorary Fellowship
Investiture, include Nigeria’s first female lawyer called to the bar,
Mrs Folake Solanke, who seized the occasion to restate her belief in the
Nigerian constitution.
The Chairman/CEO of Channels Television, Mr John Momoh, received the
Entrepreneurial Award in acknowledgement of his contributions to the
development of Nigeria from the private sector.
Other recipients are Apostle Fodalile for Good Governance, Mr Jacob
Ajekigbe for Director Development and Nestle Nigeria for Corporate
Governance.
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