The Lagos State Governor,
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has emerged winner of the Transparency & Good
Governance Merit Award (TGMA) 2016 of the Citizen Anti Corruption Volunteer
Corps (CACVC), reports ITRealms.
CACVC, ITRealms gathered is a coalition of NGOs fighting corruption in Nigeria.
A press statement made available on Wednesday in Lagos and endorsed by CACVC National
Chairman, Comrade Eze Harris Chuma, said: “Governor Ambode was chosen for the
honour based on his proven track record of providing transparent and exemplary
leadership which has continued to propel Lagos State forward at a time when the
rest of the country is reeling under the weight of a crushing economic
recession.”
He also said that
Governor Ambode would be conferred with the award during a ceremony to be held
at LTV Compound, Agidingbi Ikeja, on December 18, 2016, revealing that the speaker
of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru A. Obasa, would also
be presented with the Anti-Corruption Ambassadorial Certificate during the
event.
CACVC said that the
Award Keynote Lecture would be delivered by the DG, Change Ambassadors of
Nigeria, Prof. Chris Nwaokobia Jnr., who would speak on the theme, “The Quest
for Good Governance, The Lagos Experience”.
The group said that
there would be other speeches by the likes of Barr.Monday Onyekachi Ubani,
Second Vice President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who would speak on
“Anti-Corruption: Role of Judiciary In Nigeria”, while All Progressives
Congress (APC) Lagos State Publicity Secretary, Engr. Joe Igbokwe, would speak
on “The Raging War Against Corruption As Reinvigorated By APC Government”.
Further, the group
said that Dr. Jude Akagbusum, President, The Institute of Good Governance of
Nigeria, would equally present a paper on “The Menace of Corruption,
Consequences and its Eradication in Nigeria.”
Congratulating
Governor Ambode and Speaker Obasa, the group urged other elected public
officers across the country to emulate their good examples so as to fast-forward
the Nigeria’s ext from the present stifling economic recession.
Oyi Midele/GEE
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