The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has won the '2022 Man Of The Year' Award.
He was voted by Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora.
Mr Peter Obi defeated three other nominees to emerge a winner in a
14-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting from 1st to 14th August, 2022
via online platforms.
In the online contest, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) Obi polled 2, 428, 403 votes to defeat the Chairman and founder of
BUA Group, Abdul Rabiu who polled 1, 124, 172 and popular Nigerian
Singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido who polled 881, 766. The fourth
nominee, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, the founder and general
overseer of Omega Power Ministries had earlier stepped down and publicly
endorsed Peter Obi for the Award.
The Prestigious award, endorsed by the African Union, African Film
Institute, will be presented in a grand ceremony organised by IgbereTV
on 5th November, 2022 at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel
Abuja.
Mr Peter Obi is an astute Nigerian businessman and politician who
served as Governor of Anambra from March to November 2006, February to
May 2007, and from June 2007 to March 2014.
Born in Onitsha in 1961, Obi graduated from the University of
Nigeria in 1984. Afterwards he entered business and banking, eventually
rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the
early 2000s, Obi was the chairman of Fidelity Bank before leaving the
position to enter politics.
In May 2022, Mr Obi became the presidential candidate of the LP in
the upcoming 2023 general elections, after defecting from the PDP. Obi's
presidential campaign has been described as populist and has been noted
for its support among many young Nigerians, who have been nicknamed
"Obi-dients".
The prestigious Igbere TV Leadership Excellence Awards, the fourth
in a row, is held annually; it recognises and honours the outstanding
impacts of leaders across both the public and private sectors in
Nigeria.
It promotes outstanding leaders and personalities whose impacts
have been felt in Nigeria’s political, social and economic spheres.
The Award also applauds excellence, achievements, performance, humanitarian activities and philanthropic gestures.
Mr Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana won the 2021 edition.
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