December 1 will be a great day for the drivers of the Nigerian economy as the the Nigerian President; Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will be honoring the top 100 Nigerian companies who have contributed to making the country the largest economy in Africa. This event will take at the presidential dinner aimed at celebrating investors in the nation’s economic space and encouraging more investment flow.
Mr. Jim Obazee; Chairman of the Business Assessment Committee, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria said the companies cut across the Nigerian business spectrum. Some of these companies have also contributed immensely to employment in the country.
Some of the companies are Exonmobil, Dangote, MTN, Globacom, First Bank, Shoprite, Addax Petroleum, Ibadan and Yola Power Company, Forte Oil, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria, Chevron, APM Terminal, Eko Distribution Company, Promasidor, Elephant Group, UAC, Julius Berger, Oriental Energy and Zenith Bank, among others.
This dinner will present an opportunity for the captains of industries to interact with the President and members of his economic team.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, had on November 19 announced that the Federal Government had identified 100 companies to be rewarded for contributing to the nation’s economic growth.
Aganga had told journalists in Abuja that the private sector was behind the country’s ranking as number one economy in Africa and one of the top 10 economies in the world.
On Monday, Obazee unveiled the 100 companies to be awarded.
On how the companies were selected, Obazee had said, “In looking at the top 100 companies, there are international benchmarks as set by the International Integrated Reporting Council.
