Shobanjo bags Unilag Special Alumni Award of Excellence
Biodun Shobanjo, Chairman, Troyka Group,was recently presented with the Special Recognition Award by the University of Lagos Alumni Association. The award presentation was made during the Alumni’s Golden Jubilee Awards and Gala Night in Lagos.
In a citation read during the presentation ceremonies, the Alumni Association acknowledged him as “Nigeria’s finest marketing communications practitioner. Shobanjo’s pioneering role in the development of the marketing communications industry in Nigeria is unrivalled with a chain of firsts and foremost.
On hand to present the Award to Shobanjo on behalf of the Alumni Association was the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Dr.Kayode Fayemi.
In an attempt to trace the indelible footprints of the Awardee, part of the citation further read, “With a career that started in broadcasting at the then Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), now known as the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and now advertising, he is reputed to be the one man that has had the most positive effect on the marketing communications industry in Nigeria in the last fifty years.”
It also identified that the TroykaGroup has become famous in Nigeria as the ‘University of Advertising’, a situation that has seen “leaders of most of the highly successful companies in the marketing communications industry being led by Troyka alumni.”
“This is part of the evidence of the fruits of the group’s continuous investment in human capacity development that has seen it support and partner with institutions of higher learning, including the University of Lagos and the Pan Atlantic University, where Troyka supports the Mass Communication Department and School of Media and Communications respectively,” the citation revealed.
A man respected globally for his professional achievements, Shobanjo, has over the years, won numerous awards for professional excellence and integrity.
Photo caption – L-R: Executive Governor of Ekiti State, HE, Kayode Fayemi presenting the Special Recognition Award to Chairman, Troyka Group, Mr Biodun Shobanjo, on behalf of the University of Lagos Alumni Association at the Association’s Golden Jubilee Awards & Gala Night held recently in Lagos.
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