SAHCOL Boss Bags African Aviation Award
Chief Executive Officer of SAHCOL, Mr Oluropo Owolabi has been awarded as a Fellow of the African Institute of Enterprise Development and Management and certified as a Certified Professional Enterprise Manager.
According to the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr Basil Agboarumi, the award was given in recognition of Owolabi’s contribution to the Nigerian aviation Industry.
He stated that the African Institute of Enterprise Development and Management (AIEDM) is a recognised global professional training and educational institution registered under the CAM ACT 1990 and accredited Institutional member of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE), USA.
Owolabi, he said was presented with an award of Fellow of the African Institute of Enterprise Development and Management, a certificate of Professional Enterprise Manager and a plaque.
The Managing Director, according to Agboarumi was recognised for his ability to provide a platform to raise strategic and innovative leaders and nurturing future global enterprise’s leaders most especially in the Nigerian aviation Industry.
Delivering a lecture at the event with theme, “Security, Power and Road Infrastructure-the Answer to Socio-economic Revival for Africa”, a Director of Research and Human Capacity Building, Dr Olusegun Cole, emphasised that Africa faces a lot of challenges and problems militating against its industrial development.
He listed the factors necessary for a rapid economic development includes road infrastructure, technology transfer, responsive Leadership, diversification of the economy, establishment of technological institutions of higher learning as well as the need for development planning.
