Federal Government to Honour Top 100 Business Organizations in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Federal government has announced that it will honour 100 top business Organisations in Nigeria in December. In a statement by the Consultant to the initiative, Mrs. Funmi Ogbue, the team said, “The aim of the presidential honour for the top 100 Businesses in Nigeria is to identity, recognise and celebrate businesses that are contributing to the economy and are ethically above board in their business dealings in line with global best practices. “Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa and one of the emerging economies on the world stage needs to encourage ethical corporate governance and celebrate businesses that are growing the economy.” Addressing the Business Assessment Committee during its inauguration in Abuja last Friday, Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Olusegun Aganga, said the body had a mandate to critically scrutinise businesses operating within the Nigerian economic space and come up with top 100 among them that meet global best practices. The committee is headed by the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee. The initiative, a brainchild of President Goodluck Jonathan, is aimed at identifying and bestowing on highly performing business concerns presidential honour that will further encourage and ginger them to contribute to the economy in more significant ways.