By Sunday Ode
The wife of the Executive governor of Kwara state and founder of Ajike People Support Centre, Her Excellency Amb. (Dr) Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, is among the eminent dignitaries that will attend this year’s edition of the Leadtimes Africa Annual Strategic Leadership Summit on Good Governance that holds in July at the University of Lagos. Professor Buba S. Mshelia, chairman of the Advisory Board of Leadtimes Africa Magazine in a statement stressed that Kwara state First Lady will be honoured by the magazine as Leadtimes Africa First Lady of the Year Award for Innovation in Strategic Leadership & Governance. According to Professor Mshelia on reason for honoring Kwara state First Lady, “ Her Excellency Amb. Dr. Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, First Lady of Kwara State and Founder of Ajike People Support Centre has introduced strategic innovation in governance as she makes life more meaningful for the most vulnerable, less privileged, the elderly, widows, orphans, girl-child, etc through her NGO- Ajike People Support Centre that has impacted positively on the lives of the downtrodden including her women Empowerment initiatives across Kwara state in the last four years of the administration of Governor.
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, the executive governor of Kwara state.This award will encourage the Kwara state First Lady to continue to do more for the good people of Kwara state in this second tenure of her husband, ‘ professor Mshelia opined. At the ceremony first Lady of Kwara state will serve as Guest of honor.
According to the press statement credited to Professor Buba S. Mshelia,this year’s summit will attract participants from Nigeria and outside cutting across different professional callings.At the occasion, Amb.General(Dr.)Godwin George Umo OON, former Commandant, Signal, Nigeria Army and the immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy See(Vatican) will serve as guest Speaker at this epic occasion on the theme titled: Ethno-religious harmony Engendered by Good Governance–Precursors to peace and sustainable development in Africa.
At the end of the summit session, few outstanding personalities in different leadership positions will be honored with doctoral degrees(honoris causa) from Triune Biblical University Global Extension New York,USA and Prowess University, Delaware, USA. “Selection of nominees for the honorary doctorate degrees by the two US-based institutions were based principally on their past and present feats attained by these individuals,” the university don further stressed.”All nominees were thoroughly investigated through our researchers and their resumes were verified; and we further aggregated the various recommendations made on them by their constituents, the media, opinion moulders and other stakeholders in the leadership cycle.These were the parameters used for nomination. Other basis used for nomination are the impacts they have made on the people of their local communities as well as the overall aggregates of their integrity, transparency and accountability in their various leadership positions”, the statement further added.
