Aliko Dangote, Governor Ben Ayade, Oby Ezekwesili & Senator Ben Murray- Bruce Bag Top honors at SERAs 2015




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Alhaji Aliko Dangote
International Business mogul, serial entrepreneur and one of the world’s richest men Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group, would receive The CSR & Sustainability Man of the Year award. This is being awarded to him for being the single highest investor in corporate social responsibility and sustainability in Nigeria within the year under review. These investments were deemed to have had far reaching and positive impacts on the lives of millions of Nigerians.

While Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is being honoured for his advocacy in the area of renewable energy and public campaigns against wastage of resources and corruption in high places using the platform of 'common-sense' media campaigns. He is the first elected member of the national assembly to openly speak against impunity while promoting responsible governance.

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Senator Ben Murray-Bruce
Governor Ayade is being recognised for his well-documented works on the environment as chairman of the international institute of environmental research. He also worked on ground water remediation in Nigeria and invented a sewage treatment plant based on solar energy and also won an award from the Japanese government for outstanding research into global warming.

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Governor Ben Ayede of Cross River State
Co-founder of Transparency International and former minister for education, and former vice president of the World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, would deliver the keynote speech.


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Dr. Mrs Oby Ezekwesili,
The adopted theme for 2015 is ‘Building Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Business Leadership as a Catalyst for Development.’ This seeks to explore the vital role cooperation and partnerships have played in the efforts to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) and how such inclusive approach will enhance innovative mechanisms for financing and accountability as these factors remain crucial for the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the post 2015 development agenda.

The award that is Nigeria’s top CSR and sustainability honour enters its ninth year. The awards process is designed to integrate principles and framework of the Global compact, global reporting Initiative and ISO 26000.

The organisers have also released the list of final nominees for the 17 award categories on the project website www.sera-ng.com To date the SERAs, which began in 2007, has registered more than 520 applications from 92 organisations from 13 different sectors of the Nigerian economy.
The Awards ceremony holds on November 20th, 2015 at the prestigious Shell Hall of the MUSON centre at 6pm.

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