The Executive Chairman of Orisun Igbomina Broadcasting Network (OIBN), Mr. Ayodele Agboola has been honored as a distinguished recipient of the 4th Edition of the Global Excellence Awards held on Saturday, 25th November at the Faze 3 Hotel in Lagos.
Several other influential figures were also recognized during the glamorous event.
The programme was organized by Igbomina Media Communication Concepts in conjunction with Gbedu 100.1FM, Lagos.
The ceremony was part of activities lined up to spice up the annual ‘Igbomina Day’ festival in Ikorodu, Lagos.
According to its initiators, the award night is meant to celebrate and appreciate individuals– including leaders, community builders and captains of industries, whose contributions have had a meaningful impact on building Igbomina territory and humanity in general.
Presenting the award plaque to the representative of the media entrepreneur, the Otunba Gbobaniyi of Ila-Orangun Kingdom, Chief Awofe Afolayan stated that the honor was bestowed on Ayodele Agboola over his continued support for widows, orphans, the elderly, the ill, disadvantaged students, unemployed youths and other vulnerable groups in Osun and beyond.
In Chief Afolayan’s words, “the occasion over the years has become established as one of the biggest gatherings of influential persons in Nigeria.”
Following the recognition, Mr. Ayodele Agboola has now joined the illustrious list of change agents in Ila-Orangun, the ancestral home of the Igbomina people.
The awardee is also the founder of the Ayodele Agboola Foundation(AAF), a not-for-profit organization with the core mandate of reaching out to the target beneficiaries through charity, health interventions, agric support, care for elderly widows, and educational scholarship.