Group Rewards Designer Of Nigeria’s Flag With N500,000 Monthly Pocket-Money

By Carl Umegboro

A business conglomerate, Nzenweofor Group has offered a lifetime
monthly grant of N500,000:00 (Five hundred thousand naira) as
incentive to the designer of Nigeria’s flag, Pa Michael Taiwo
Akinkunmi. By the gesture, the beneficiary-statesman with immediate
effect earns a total of N6 million naira per annum for a
lifetime.

The group’s chairman, Chief Ndubuisi Nzenweofor disclosed this
on Saturday during the LACLIC Golden Heroes Awards held at Sheraton
Hotel & Tower, Abuja as grand finale of a weeklong programme
which includes roundtable discussions on education, health, job
creation and security. The events were powered by the group.
Discussants critically and extensively looked at the protracted
national issues with proffered pragmatic solutions to
policymakers.

Notable speakers include Naomi Momodu, Marcus Singleton; an
American business development consultant, Chizaram Ucheaga,
Tochukwu Anyachebelu, Niyi Adesoye, Ernest Timothy, ‘Dayo
Benjamins-Laniyi and Jide Ojo, among others alongside numerous
contributors and participants. The 4-day interactive session was
indeed explosive.

Also remarkable at the event was presentation of prizes to
winners of competitions held during the week in various categories;
barbers, make-up artists, hair-dressers and footballers with first
prize; N500,000 each, second; N300,000 each and third; N200,000
each. However, football competition got the highest price tag of N1
million as star-price while N500,000 and N300,000 went to the first
and second runner-ups respectively.

The award ceremony which climaxed the event had in attendance a
former deputy governor of Plateau state; Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen,
many politicians, businessmen, Nollywood artistes including Segun
Arinze, Zack Orji, Ramsey Nouah as well as other awardees and their
fans. Others are Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi who was adorned with green and
white muffler, Alhaji Danladi Pasali; National Coordinator, Buhari
Campaign Organization and Hon Promise Orji, amongst others.

The Military Widows Association (MIWA) was not left out as its
delegates alongside some of their children led by MIWA President,
Mrs. Veronica Aloko and BOT Vice Chairman, Dr. Aisha Lemu turned
out in numbers at the event. It will be recalled that the
association received a donation of 500 bags of rice (50kg)
alongside a cash donation of N3 million from the group penultimate
week as succour to the families of deceased soldiers for Sallah
celebration.

Chief Nzenweofor noted that the group’s gesture was for all
intents and purposes to recognize some Nigerians who exceptionally
through diligence and steadfastness distinguished themselves in
their respective careers thereby adding values one way or the other
to the economy, and in addition, to strategically inspire and boost
youths’ morale  for determined positive actions and hard
work.

Nzenweofor added that despite the financial implications, the
group will continue to pioneer helpful initiatives yearly towards
improving the standard of living of people, and therefore enjoined
other stakeholders to follow suit as a social responsibility
mechanism. In particular, the group’s boss reiterated  on the
plights of deceased soldiers’ families being neglected to be
languishing in abject poverty despite their huge contributions to
national  security which he described as inhumanity to
man.

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