Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday evening received the Businessday Newspaper’s Excellence in Public service award 2017, in recognition of the reforms and innovations that have re-positioned the mining sector under his watch.
Other public servants that also bagged awards include Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing; Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture; Okechukwu Elenamah, Minister of Industry Trade and Investment; Yemi Kale, Statistician-General of the Federation; and Yewande Shadiku, Executive secretary of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC).
Former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, while presenting the award to Fayemi, said his leadership of the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has helped to inject a new lease of life into the country’s composed minerals and mining sector.
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General Abdusalami said it takes a combination of patriotic zeal, brilliance and integrity for a public servant to make a mark. He urged Nigerians who have found themselves in positions of leadership to always strive to make a positive impact, adding that the country would fare better with more purpose-driven public servants.
Fayemi who was joined by the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari in receiving the award, Nigerians could build Nigeria of their dream with more dedication and with everyone playing his or her roles well.
He lauded BusinessDay Newspaper for their daily brilliant reportage and analyses of the Nigerian and global economic developments. The Minister, it would be recalled was on November 24th honoured with an award by the authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) as well as the student’s body of the institution. A day earlier, he had received the Excellence in Governance Award 2017 of the Global Patriots Newspapers in Lagos.
