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• Sanusi, Ezeokafor, Wushishi, Onuoha, Nwankwo, Udechukwu, Obiukwu, Nwabunike, Okonkwo, Okoye, Emenike, Okunola, Ezeofor, Adekunle, Rollas-Ejezie also
The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of Daily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun and Sporting Sun, will today honour 36 Nigerians with various awards at The Sun Awards 2024 ceremony.
The Sun Awards 2024, which holds at the Expo Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, will have in attendance governors, ministers, federal and state lawmakers, business moguls, members of the diplomatic corps, royal fathers and celebrities.
Those who will be honoured by The Sun are female upstream oil operator and Chairman, Brittania-U Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Catherine Uju Ifejika, as well as Amazon of Nigeria’s real estate network marketing and Group Chief Executive Officer, Property World Africa Network (PWAN) Group, Dr. Jayne Onwumere, who will receive the Man of the Year award.
Governors Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto State), Chukwuma Soludo (Anambra State), Mohammed Bago (Niger State) and Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau State) will receive the Governor of the Year award, while Gov Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State, will go home with the Political Personality of the Year award.
The wife of Ebonyi State governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, will receive the First Lady of the Year, with Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Management, being honoured with Minister of the Year.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be received by Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, senator representing Sokoto North and former Governor, Sokoto State; Annkio Briggs, environmentalist and civil rights advocate; Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Chief Joseph Ezeokafor, Chairman of Jezco Oil.
Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, MD, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); Prof Dantani Wushishi, Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO) and Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Services, will receive the Public Service Award, with Mr. Walter Akpani, MD, Providus Bank, going home with Banker of the Year award.
Chief Michael Onuoha, Chief Executive Officer, AILES Group; Chief Polycarp Obiukwu, Chairman, Bolton White Group; Dr. Aisha Achimugu, President, Felak Concept Group, and Dr. Kennedy Okonkwo, GMD, Nedcomoaks Limited, will be honoured with the Entrepreneur of the Year award, with Ichie Ken Chimezie Nwankwo, Chairman, Bigly Group and Amb Emmanuel Udechukwu, Chairman of Roxbury Leisure Homes Limited, receiving Investor of the Year award.
The Industrialist of the Year award will be received by Chief Cyril Okoye, CEO, Grape Tree International Limited, and Chief Chika Emenike, Chairman, Kotec Group, with Mr. Seyi Adekunle, Founder, Vodi Group, and Chief Jideofor Ezeofor, Founder, Zeof Excluzioni, receiving the Creative Personality of the Year award.
The Humanitarian Service Award will be received by Dr. Darlington Nwabunike, President, De Imperial Philanthropic Family and Chief Habeeb Okunola, CEO, TILT Group, with Mr. Pascal Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest), CEO of Hotel CP and Dr. Dotun Sanusi, chairman, Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resort, receiving the Hospitality Personality of the Year award.
Former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and legal icon, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, will receive the Courage in Leadership award, with President of Actors Guild of Nigeria, Dr Emeka Rollas Ejezie and delectable actress and film producer, Regina Daniels- Nwoko, being honoured with Nollywood Personality of the Year award.
According to the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, The Sun Publishing Limited, Onuoha Ukeh, The Sun Awards 2024 has many enhancement components, with three musicians lined up to thrill guests.
The musicians include young crooners, Von Blake & Denzel Armani; the sensational Boypee, Hyce & Brown Joel; as well as songstress, Lami Phillips.
To chair The Sun Awards 2024, Ukeh said, are National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Bianca Ojukwu.
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