Presentation holds November 30
Preparations are in top gear for the presentation of the Outstanding Performance Award by New Telegraph Newspapers to Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The event, billed for Civic Centre, Lagos, will hold on November 30.
It is expected to be graced by top government officials, political bigwigs, captains of industry and commerce, bank chiefs and prominent indigenes of Anambra State in and out of Lagos.
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of New Telegraph Newspapers, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, while informing the governor of his choice, said the decision was a product of intensive debate among members of the company’s board and management.
She stated that the decision was not taken impulsively. According to her, New Telegraph is impressed by the efforts of the governor to rewrite the history of the state, especially in the areas of security, infrastructure and business innovations.
She said unlike other states where governors are considering hiking taxes and just mulling diversification, Obiano had approved rebate on taxes to small businesses and artisans, while export of vegetables has commenced in earnest. Egbemode said: “Governance is not rock science.
It is not about theories that date all the way back to Socrates and Aristotle. It is about a leader knowing why he wants to lead, what he wants to do when he gets into leadership position and going right ahead to do those things. “Good governance is about touching the people and making lives better.
A good governor is one who knows all of the above. Chief Willie Obiano is a good governor. “And that is why New Telegraph is here, to admit and acknowledge a good governor and good governance in Anambra State.” She added that the award presentation was to encourage good governance and inspire others to emulate the governor.
Obiano, who thanked the company’s management for finding him worthy of the award, described it as a confirmation of the point that the efforts at changing the people’s lives for good in the state is being noticed by others.
He said within the last two years and seven months that he has assumed the leadership of the state, he had devoted more time and resources to “cooking good soup for the entire people of Anambra State without any form of discrimination or special privilege accorded to anyone.”
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