GLOBACOM NIGERIA WINS BEST NETWORK AWARD.

It was double honours for Globacom on Friday night
as the National telecommunications operator won
two awards at two different ceremonies held in
Victoria Island, Lagos.
The first honour came at the Champion Newspaper’s
2013 Awards at Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos where
the company emerged Brand of the Year, while the
second award was at the Marketing Edge Brands
Summit and Awards Night at Federal Palace Hotel
where Globacom was recognised as the Outstanding
Telecoms Brand of the Decade.

Publisher of Champion Newspapers, Dr Emmanuel
Iwuanyanwu, said Globacom was honoured for
making a significant difference in the telecoms
industry in the past year. “The Champion Award was
instituted to identify and celebrate those who have
effectively utilised any and every opportunity to lead
at one level or the other for the good of our people.”
He observed that Globacom had consistently
supported efforts to empower the people of Nigeria
and accelerate national development.
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who
was the Chief Host at the event, noted that it was an
honour “to host this event meant to celebrate some of
our country’s best and finest. The kind of services
and selflessness the awardees including Chief Sunny
Odogwu and Dr Mike Adenuga’s Globacom have
continued to render to our country make them
deserving of the honour.”
Chairman of the event, House of Representatives
Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, said in an address read
on his behalf by a member of the House, Hon. Victor
Ogene, commended Champion for recognising those
who have contributed remarkably to the development
of the country.
The Brand of the Year Award was presented to
Globacom by the Director General of the Nigeria
Tourism Development Corporation, Sally Mbanefo.
Other winners included Governor Kayode Fayemi of
Ekiti State; former Governor of Anambra, Peter Obi;
former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka
Anyaoku; industrialists Aliko Dangote, Oba Otudeko
and Leo Stan Eke; Minister of Agriculture, Akinwunmi
Adesina; Zenith Bank and Mutual Benefits Assurance.
At the Marketing Edge Awards, organisers said the
choice of Globacom as Brand of the Decade followed
a painstaking review and assessment of the
contribution of telecommunications to the growth and
prosperity of the integrated marketing
communications industry.
“Among the telecommunications service providers
considered, your organisation stood head over
shoulders in the crowd. You were unanimously voted
as the outstanding telecoms brand in Nigeria’s
corporate milieu,” the organisers said.
Marketing Edge is Nigeria’s leading brands and
marketing publication which has been in operation for
over ten years.
According to the publisher of the magazine, Mr. John
Ajayi, Marketing Edge “has served as witness to the
fortunes of players and gladiators in the integrated
marketing communications industry. He said they
have positioned the magazine as a valuable source of
intelligence on the evolution, growth and development
of the industry in Nigeria, therefore placing the
publication in a position to judge the performance of
the players in the telecoms sector.”