ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023
For her unwavering dedication to preserving the Yoruba traditional craft, Adire; for promoting and empowering Nigerian youths and women through arts and craft, and for inspiring the younger generation to develop their culture and heritage in the past five decades and a half, Chief Dr. Mrs. Nike Okundaye-Davies is Artist of the Year 2023.
BANKER OF THE YEAR 2023
For driving a significant increase in lending to small businesses and contributing to her quota to the economic development of the country by steering First City Monument Bank towards SME financing, Yemisi Edun is Banker of the Year 2023.
PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR 2023 (SUB-NATIONAL)
For her extraordinary leadership and commitment to the public service of Lagos State through the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), culminating in the delivery of the Lagos blue rail line (under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu), 40 years after its conception, Engr. Mrs Abimbola Akinajo is Public Service Person of the Year 2023.
OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR 2023
For his display of honesty and setting a good example for other young people in the country when he found and returned N15 million to Chadian merchants who forgot it in his tricycle, Auwalu Salisu, a tricycle rider from Kano, is Outstanding Young Person of the Year 2023.
CEO OF THE YEAR 2023
For consistently delivering exceptional printing services that surpass customer expectations by ensuring that quality meets precision in output, and thus making a lasting impact in the industry, the chief executive officer of Marvelous Mike Press Limited, Engr. Michael Bayo Akinola is CEO of the Year 2023 -Printing.
BANK OF THE YEAR 2023
With an unbroken record performance in the first three quarters of 2023, and for embarking on key initiatives to turn around the lives of its customers and staff, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is deservedly Bank of the Year 2023.
FINTECH COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2023
For its dynamic move towards increasing financial inclusion and driving the adoption of technology by the financially excluded in the country, Moniepoint Incorporation is the Fintech Company of the Year 2023.
