Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his Anambra counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, were on Sunday night in Lagos named joint winners of the 2013 Silverbird Man of the Year Award.
The governors received the awards at the ‘Silverbird Man of the Year Awards and Honours 2013’, held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that aside the governors, six other persons, including Presidents of two African countries, also bagged different awards at the event.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone were given “Awards of Distinction”.
The Rwandan Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Joseph Habienza, received the award on behalf of Kagame, while Sierra-Leonean High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Henry Macaulay, received on behalf of Koroma.
