Oyebanji Bags Marketing Edge Outstanding Governor Award for Inclusive Leadership

The management of Marketing Edge Magazine and organizers of the EDGE Awards, has named Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, as ‘Outstanding Governor of the Year for Inclusive Leadership and Grassroots Development’ in the 2024 edition of its annual awards and recognitions.

Oyebanji, who will mark his two years in office in October this year, was unanimously voted for the coveted category by the team of assessors and Editorial Board who painstakingly evaluated the governor’s approach to governance, development and leadership, alongside other governors in Nigeria.

The organizers who disclosed this in a statement which was signed by the Editor-in-Chief of the country’s number 1 Marketing Journal, John Ajayi, at the weekend, stated that the award was given to the Governor Oyebanji in recognition and celebration of his political credentials as a respected technocrat and renowned public servant, who has not only impacted the people of the state with laudable projects and policies but has also used his exalted position to redefine governance by promoting peace and uniting leaders across the states, irrespective of their political and social backgrounds.

The management of Marketing Edge Magazine noted Oyebanji’s sterling performances as the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, in which office he has distinguished himself through exemplary inclusiveness in governance, as well as his result-oriented, transformative turn-around in the infrastructural landscape of the state, particularly in projects and policies that engender grassroots development across the state.

The statement said, “In the last two years running, Governor Oyebanji distinguished himself through exemplary continuing and result-oriented, transformative turnaround in the infrastructural landscape of the state.

“Your Excellency parades a record that is already speaking for itself and is being applauded recognized and celebrated across Nigeria and beyond, over the years,” the statement stated.

Continuing, the organizers stated that they have watched with keen interest Oyebanji’s administration’s consistent and result-driven initiatives in the areas of youths empowerment through employment creation, agricultural development and his daring moves to generate employment and boost personnel capacity in guaranteeing a successful educational development in the state.

According to the management of , Marketing Edge Magazine, these and several other laudable initiatives are no mean feat despite the current economic situation in the country.

While congratulating the governor on his outstanding achievements in the last two years, the statement indicated that the 21st anniversary of the Nigeria’s leading brand-focused marketing and advertising publication, would be used to confer an award on Oyebanji.Other eminent Nigerians like Chief Oluwole Olanipekun, SAN , Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu, Lagos State Governor and top industry leaders and captains of Industries are billed to attend the event scheduled to hold at Sheraton Balmoral Convention Center , Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday 28th September , 2024.

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