The Ogun State Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Dapo Okubadejo, has bagged the “2021 News Direct Commissioner of the Year Award of Excellence”.
Presenting the award, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Nigerian News Direct newspaper, Prince Samuel Ibiyemi, said the honour was in recognition of his various economic transformation and re-engineering initiatives, which had strengthened the economy of the State and improved its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
Ibiyemi noted that the Commissioner had been able to achieve the strides by facilitating the establishment of Ogun State Land Administration and Revenue Management System (OLARMS), revenue assurance platforms, investment in digital economy, among others.
“The Commissioner should also be informed that the benchmark of the nomination took a comparative juxtaposition of all Commissioners in the country and basically anchored on indices of innovativeness, quality, due process, and impacts, among other deliverables.
“As a highly successful financial expert with robust experience in private sector, you have no doubt brought to bear your wealth of experience in re-engineering the finances of the State, thereby making fund available to drive several development projects of this administration ", Ibiyemi stated.
Responding, Okubadejo said the award which would be formally conferred on him at the 11th Anniversary Lecture and Awards Ceremony of News Direct Newspaper, slated for January 21, "is an excellent morale booster” which would continue to encourage him and other leaders in both public and private sectors of the Nigeria economy to strive for excellence.
He appreciated the newspaper for the award, promising to continue to contribute his best to the development of the State.
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