18 November 2008
The Managing Director and Chief Executive of Oceanic Bank International Plc, Dr. Cecilia Ibru was yesterday honoured in Accra, Ghana with the Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership award.
Two other state governors: Chief Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State as well as Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State were also conferred with the leadership award held at the Kofi Annan Centre, Ghana by the All African Students Union (AASU).
The ceremony was part of activities marking the International Students Day.
A statement from the bank said: "It was indeed a day of appreciation of efforts of the personalities whom the African students said towered above others in the recognition of the place of the students in the affairs of the society through deliberate actions geared towards youth emancipation."
It said to show their appreciation to the Amazon of the Nigerian banking industry, some of the students were clad in shirts with her photograph embossed at the back, singing her praises over the involvement of Oceanic bank in the development of schools across the country.
They pointed out that Dr. Ibru had lived selfless and exemplary life that youths across Africa could be proud of and the governors had given youths chance to prove themselves by their appointment into key positions in Imo and Delta states and therefore the need to recognise these gestures through the award.
Other dignitaries at the occasion included, Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Representative of Ghanaian President, John Kufor, Ovation publisher, Dele Momodu, Members of State Executive Council of Imo and Delta States as well as Speakers and leaders of the state House of Assemblies.
General Secretary of the AASU, Mr. Oludare Ogunlana said the recognition given to the personalities were was meant to spur others in their position to action, saying the students and the youths have suffered so long in the hands of undemocratic government across Africa but are now happy that there are still others who still see the youths as leaders of tomorrow, and would do all within them to enhance the wellbeing of the youths.
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