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The Great Life of A Pioneer

Igbinedion as a Benin family name is now a household word. It has become synonymous with Aviation, Industry, Education, Finance, Medical Care and Rural Development at local, national and international levels. The man who has made this possible in Africa is Sir (Dr.) Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom.

Chief Igbinedion has attained great heights in life reminiscent of great achievers. He is a philanthropist and and a humanist of national dimensions and an industrialist of international fame...read on

 

 

LIFETIME AFRICA ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE RECIPIENTS (2010)



 
NIGERIA
SIR DR. CHIEF GABRIEL IGBINEDION
Leadership in African Chieftaincy
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SOMALIA
ASHA HAGI
African Peace
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SOUTH AFRICA
DESMUND TUTU
Eradication of Disease in Africa
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LIBYA
MUAMMAR AL-GADAFFI
African Unity
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EGYPT
ISMAIL SERAGELDIN
Scientific Research in Africa
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NIGERIA
AMAECHI NDILI
Entrepreneurial Excellence in Africa
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NIGERIA
WOLE SOYINKA
African Cultural and Traditional Preservation
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SOUTH AFRICA
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
African Economic Development
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USA
JAMES WOLFENSOHN
Sustainable Development in Africa
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COUNTRY
UNITED KINGDOM
NAME
LORD PAUL BOATENG
AWARD
Action For Africa
PROFILE

The Prize for Action for Africa goes :to a group or individual who is able to muster the Global society by creating forums to ensure that Africa and its people achieve sustained growth and are able to eradicate poverty.

To a personality who has fought for the civil rights and justice of Africans and those in the Diaspora.

The prize goes to an individual who advises Governments within the industrialized world and in Africa to engage and foster a vibrant private sector within the Continent.

Lord Paul Boateng's passion and enthusiasm for the government's Africa Commission Report called on additional funding to the continent and dismantling trade barriers. Boating is credited with building a close relationship to South Africa's ANC government, and it was reported that he privately worked to bring together bitter rivals in the crisis in Zimbabwe. He has also addressed the World Economic Forum on issues concerning Africa.

He was also a passionate advocate for increasing development aid to Africa and the developing nations. Foreshadowing his future role, he made numerous trips to Africa, meeting with business and government leaders in an effort to highlight the fact that international aid and the Millennium Developing Goals were key priorities for the government.

Paul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng was born 14th June 1951. He was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1st July 2010.

 


 

 


 
   
THE BIOGRAPHY OF CHIEF GABRIEL OSAWARU IGBINEDION

 
IGBINEDION AS TRADITIONAL CHIEF AND FAMILY

   
IGBINEDION AND PHILANTHROPISM

   
HONOURING THE HONOURABLE- CHIEF IGBINEDION WINS AWARDS

   
IGBINEDION AND SOCIETY AT LARGE

   
IGBINEDION- THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE

 
CHIEF IGBINEDION'S PICTURE GALLERY

 
CHIEF IGBINEDION'S APPOINTMENT AS PATRON AND GRAND PATRON

 

A great son of Africa who has become a towering international success. This is the powerful moving biography of one man's determination to win- H. R. H. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll, The Alaafin of Oyo
 
 
 
 
This remarkable biography weaves the story of an endlessly fascinating man, his family and business empire- Dr. Brian Aghedo PhD
 
 
 
 
Do you have what it takes to be an industrialist, businessman and philanthropist? Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion's life story tell how, withouth mortaginng your soul- Chief Pearnel Charles, Jamaica
 
 
 
 
Sir Igbinedion is a great man of trmemendous and unqualified resources. His humility and great service to humanity coupled with his willingness to help the less-privileged has earned him respect and admiration the world over- Prince Abubakar Audu, former executive governor of Kogi State, Nigeria.
 
 
 
 
Igbinedion does not believe in failure, he says, "don't be afraid, everyone has them and sometimes they can be resurrected with resounding success- Alfred Eghobamien Esq.SAN

A few Acknowledgements of Chief Igbinedion's Sense of Philanthropy


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