UK Eke wins 2020 Zik prize in professional leadership

COMFORT EKELEME

Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc, UK Eke has been named winner of the   2020   Zik   Prize in the   Professional   Leadership category.

The announcement was made last week in Lagos at the Centre for Values in Leadership.

Announcing the award, Chairman, Selection Committee, Zik   Prize   2020, Professor Pat Utomi said   UK  Eke’s choice was based on the   “recognition of his outstanding achievements and immense contributions to the development, growth, and stability of the Nigerian and African Banking and Financial Services industry.

Utomi further added that   Eke’s unblemished record of outstanding service has marked him out as a thoroughbred professional with rich experience spanning four decades in the banking and 7nancial services industry.

While highlighting the rigorous process the awards committee went through before announcing the winners, he gave further insight into the thinking and resolve of the awards board to ensure that

He said “this noble venture of encouraging and nurturing the most beneficial leadership that can be found on the continent as an embodiment of the leadership values of the Great Zik of Africa in whose honour this award was instituted.

Other honourees, in various categories, include Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, the pioneer Managing Director, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche   Orji,  the   Managing   Director of   Nigerian   National   Petroleum   Corporation, Mallam   Mele   Kyari;   the   Chief   Executive   Officer,   Nigerian   Maritime and   Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh.

In addition,  the former   Kwara   State   Governor,   Ahmed   Abdulfatai;   Prof.   TundeAdeniran, former Cross  River  State   Governor,   Donald Duke; Usman  Bugaje,   Prof.Attahiru Jega, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, Yomi Awoniyi, Dr. Rose Idi Danladi, and DrSadiq Gombe were also recognised.

The Zik Prize center was set up in 1994 in honour of the 7rst President of Nigeria, late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.