Gov Ayade receives NIPR award of Excellence for Industrialisation
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, on Thursday, won the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) award of excellence for his sterling achievements in the area of aggressive industrialisation of the state despite the paucity of fund.
The award, Distinguished Leadership Industrialisation Award, was conferred on Ayade by the Institute, as its members gathered in Calabar for a three-day workshop with the theme “Lobbying and Social Change in Nigeria”
Speaking at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar, venue of the workshop, while conferring the governor with the award, the National President of the Institute, Mallam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo said that the award was in recognition of the governor’s Industrialisation feats, saying, “It takes a combination of education, intellect, dedication, foresight, visionary leadership and commitment to achieve what you have achieved so far in the area of Industrialisation.”
“Under your watch, Cross River has joined the global Industrialisation map and this is despite the paucity of funds”, Sirajo added.
Responding, Governor Ayade thanked the NIPR for finding him worthy of an award, saying it came to him as a surprise and pledged his administration’s continued accelerated socio-economic development of the state.
