The Independent Newspapers Limited
awards is set to take place on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Eko
Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. .
In keeping with its avowed commitment
to promoting the common good and rewarding excellence in the society,
the Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of the Daily
INDEPENDENT, Saturday INDEPENDENT and Sunday INDEPENDENT has
nominated Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, Executive Governor of Delta State as
the INDEPENDENT 2017 Man of the Year.
Asides other governors billed to
attend, Governors Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and Nyesom Wike of Rivers
State were nominated as Governor and Political Icon of the year
respectively.
For his sterling role in weathering the
storm of the killer herdsmen in his state recently, Samuel Ortom of
Benue was nominated and would be decorated as The Governor of the
Year on Security, while David Umahi of Ebonyi State emerged Governor
of the Year in Agriculture.
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of
Sokoto State was equally nominated as the 2017 Grassroots Governor of
the Year, while the Outstanding Deputy Governor of the Year goes to
Otunba Titilayo Tomori of Osun State.
The flagship newspaper also nominated
Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Vice President, and Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker
Lagos State House of Assembly as the Outstanding Legislator of the
Year (National) and Outstanding Legislator of the Year (State)
respectively. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, former factional Chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was named the Party Leader of the
Year.
Similarly, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi,
the Ooni of Ife was nominated as the Bridge Builder In Leadership in
2017.
Foremost industrialist, Alhaji Rasak
Okoya was not left out, and he has been nominated for Life
Achievement Award, while Wale Babalakin, Chairman Bi-Courtney
Aviation Services Limited, clinched the Most Outstanding Aviation
Terminal Operator of the Year.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service and
the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) emerged nominees
as the Federal Agency of the Year and Most Outstanding State Agency
of the Year respectively
Nomination as the Most Outstanding
Telecommunications Company of the Year goes to Globacom Limited.
The highlight of this year’s awards
is the fact that entertainers and those who dazzle on the silver
screen and dominate the airwaves are not left out.
For the artiste of the year, Alterplate
CEO, Harry Song was nominated as Musician of the Year, while Saidi
Balogun and Patience Ozokwor emerged Actor and Actress nominees of
the Year respectively.
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