Mr. Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, president, African Public Relations Association (APRA) and managing director, CMC Connect-Burson Marsteller has been honoured with the Dr. Kwame Nkrumah leadership award of integrity and transparency as the most outstanding African personality of the year.
Okusanya was conferred with the award in Lagos recently by the Ecowas Youth Parliament (EYP). He surpassed other nominees from Liberia, Ghana and Cape Verde to clinch the award after being nominated by the Nigerian Youth Forum.
He was commended for promoting African Image, exemplary leadership, distinct reputation throughout his business career. The award, titled “Championing the Course of the African Next Generation”, has made him a grand commander of the EYP.
Presenting the award, Rt. Hon. Mensah Fred, speaker, EYP, said he was honoured for his national recognition, selfless service towards promoting Africa’s image, good leadership qualities, integrity and transparent style of leadership, impactful nature towards the betterment of African citizens, educational development and advancement towards eradicating illiteracy in Nigeria.
Mensah said “When others are standing, you are outstanding, we are so much happy about your disciplined personality towards making the youths and Nigerian communities better for good. In our last conference in Liberia, some of the Youth leaders from Nigeria nominated you to be decorated with the EYP Honour, when we were deliberating on who to award this year.”
Receiving the award, Okusanya said he accepted it because it has no monetary value attached. He commended the organisation for its commitment towards socio-economic development and charged them to set more goals in order to create a better future for Ecowas.
Okusanya is a perception manager who made his way into the public relations industry about 24 years ago and is successfully leading one of the top perception public relations firm in the country named CMC Connect Burson –Marsteller.
Source: Businessworldng.com