Commissioner Bags TimeNews Leadership Award

The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi, has won the TimeNews 2012  Leadership Gold Award.

Receiving  the award in Port Harcourt recently, Dame Lawrence-Nemi, commended the Governor of Rivers  State, Rt Hon. Chibuike Amaechi for his investment in the  education sector of the state.

The Commissioner stated that the  Rivers State Ministry of Education would continue to provide free and quality education in line with the vision of the state governor.

Speaking earlier, while presenting the award to the Commissioner, the Publisher of  TimeNews Magazine, Mr. Bernard Adeokhor said that Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi was chosen  because  of her  ingenuity, hardwork and managerial excellence in providing quality education in  Rivers State.

Mr. Adeokhor, who presented the award on behalf of  TimeNews Press Limited, noted that her achievements have redefined the education sector which  has placed the state on the world map with very strong entrepreneurial base and competent corporate leadership.

According to the publisher, TimeNews 2012 leadership Gold Award is designed to reward and mirror to the world exceptional Nigerian professionals, top civil servants, innovative  entrepreneurs, educationists and academics.

These calibre of persons, he explained, would have made enormous contributions to the development of the country in their various fields of endeavour with the accompanying values, enterprise, success accomplishment and hardwork.

Eunice Choko-Kayode