By joshua 
Kogi @ 33: Hon. Chief Iweha O Empire To Be Conferred with The Nigerian Post Newspaper Award For Philanthropy, Educational Development.
Hon. Chief Iweha O Empire, Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor on Surveillance will on Monday be honoured with an award for his Philanthropic gesture and Empowerment.
Empire as he is fondly called has over the years paid school fees, offer scholarship and carried out some community development projects within Kogi State
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His recent award of scholarship to 9 children of Kogi Journalists, caught the attention of the Nigerian Post Newspaper, would be honored with a prestigious award at the forthcoming The Nigerian Post public lecture.
The award is slated for August 26 at EdgeDrive Hotel Lokoja, in an event to mark the 33 years of State Creation the State.
The award for Empire is amongst notable awards he has received for his outstanding intervention to the payment of school fees over a decade ago in the State.
The award is also in recognition of the positive impact made to communities where he sank several boreholes.
The Nigerian Post is Nigeria’s fastest growing print and online newspaper, is set to hold the annual edition of its Lecture & Gold Prize Award themed:
Sustaining Kogi’s Unbroken Unity – Prospects & Possibilities, This House Must Not Fall.
The State Governor , Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo will serve as the Special Guest of Honour at the 2024 Public Lecture.
His Excellency, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, former Governor of Kogi State, the Minister for Steel Development, Prince Shaibu Audu Abubakar alongside other very important personalities within and outside Kogi State will also serve as Guests of Honour at the event.
The 2024 public lecture will be Chaired by Prof. Stephen Ikani Ocheni, former Minister of State, Labour and Employment.
His Royal Majesty, the Ohimegye Igu Kingdom, Alhaji Saidu Akawu Salihu would serve as the Royal father of the day.
Speakers at the event will include; Prof. Marietu Tenuche, Vice Chancellor, Prince Abubakar University, Anyigba, Prof. John Alabi, Dr. Salisu Usman Ogbo, Rector , Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja and Ambassador Hamza Aliyu, CEO, Connected Development.
Recall that in 2023, THE NIGERIAN POST held it Annual Lecture and Gold Prize themed “Sustaining Nigeria’s Democracy. This House Must Not Fall”, with Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi, Vice Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja as the guest speaker of the event.
The 2024 edition “aims to celebrate and critically examine the creation of Kogi State 33 years after, by discussing its unity as cardinal to future prospects and possibilities”.
According to a statement by the Publisher of THE NIGERIAN POST, Mr. Abu Michael, this year’s event will honour some distinguished personalities who have contributed to the development of the State.
Other individuals for the Gold Prize Award include: Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa Kutepa, CEO, Walter Smith Oil, Sen. Tunde Ogbeha while late Prince Abubakar Audu, first Executive Governor of the State would be honored posthumously.
“The Gold Prize Award for Grassroots Development will also be presented to some selected former Caretaker Council Chairmen in the State and other individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the development of the State.
The former Caretaker Committee Chairmen of Lokoja, Igalamela, Kabba Bunu, Ijumu, have been listed for recognition following their outstanding repositioning of their Council administration when they served.
“Our 2024 Awardees are persons who made the critical differences in the discharge of their duties, with uncommon zeal and commitment to the common good of the citizens and the State in particular,” the statement read.