PRESS RELEASE.
AKINTERINWA BAGS ONDO STATE MAN OF THE YEAR 2023 AWARD
The Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa who has been noted for his passion for the overall development of the state and her people has continued to receive national and international awards.
The latest is the award of Ondo State Man of the Year Award by an International Magazine”The Hero” in recognition of his outstanding performance in office and valuable contribution to the development of the state.
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, who was the special guest of honor at the occasion, reiterated his administration’s commitment to providing an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive.
The Governor, who was represented by the State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Diaspora Relations, Prince Adeboboye Ologbese, commended the organizers and congratulated Mr Akinterinwa and other awardees for the honour bestowed on them.
He enjoined them to continue to engage in more developmental activities in the state that would complement his administration’s quest to providing greater dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
Presenting the award to Mr Akinterinwa in Akure, the publisher of the Magazine, Dr. Sunday Akinbiola stressed that his professional acumen, political achievements and service to humanity distinguished him for the award.
Akinbiola, who described the Commissioner as a man of great intellectual capacity, creativity and prudent Manager of resources, added that he has demonstrated outstanding qualities that greatly impacted on numerous people and the society at large.
While receiving the award, the Commissioner, appreciated the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for giving him the opportunity to serve in his Cabinet to contribute his expertise to the development of the state.
“Let me use this opportunity to appreciate and thank my boss, the Governor of our dear state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, CON for giving me the opportunity to contribute my own guota to the development of the state.”
“You will agree with me that without you having a good boss who believes in you and gives you an enabling environment to operate, you can’t achieve nothing”.
“I promised to continue to contribute to the development of the state whenever I am called upon in any capacity,” the Commissioner said.
Mr. Akinterinwa, therefore, thanked the team and board members of Hero Magazine for the award and the confidence reposed in him, assuring them that the award would further spur him to do more for the people of the State in particular and Nigeria in general.
Banjo Egunjobi,
Press Officer,
Ministry of Finance.
