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ED, North, Mr. IbrahimPuri; GMD/CEO, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; Governor of Adamawa State,
His Excellency Bindow Jibrilla; Governor of Bauchi State, His Excellency, Mohammed
Abdullahi Abubakar; UBAChairman, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike
Ekweremadu; and former Director General, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)
Mr. Frank Nweke Jr. at the Annual UBA CEO Awards
Former Governor, Ogun State, Aremo
Olusegun Osoba, Deputy Senate President
and Chairman, UBA, Tony Elumelu
Liadi Ayoku; Award Recipient, MD/
CEO, UBA Zambia, Emeka Dimanochie;
Emeke Iweriebor and Oliver Alawuba
Comperes, Ebere Young and Kate Henshaw
ED/RCEO,
Francophone Africa,
Emeke Iweriebor;
ED, Lagos andWest,
Ayo Liadi; ED/RCEO,
Anglophone Africa,
Oliver Alawuba; award
winner and MD/
CEO, UBA Tanzania,
Peter Makau
stage was set and the evening did not
fail to deliver non-stop entertainment
from beginning to the early hours of
Sunday. It was like being on Broad
Way, as ace compere, Ebere Young
and Kate Henshaw, led the guests
through a night of fun and laughter
and of course lots to eat and drink.
The multicultural diversity of the UBA
group was on full display as board
members and the managing directors
of the UBA subsidiaries in all its 18
countries of operations outside Nigeria
also attended the event.
Also present were distinguished
Nigerians, including the Deputy
Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu,
Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed
Abdullahi Abubakar, the Governor of
Adamawa State, Bindo Jibrilla, former
Governor of Cross-River State and his
