Entertainment
Reactions Trail Adenuga’s Pillar Of Entertainment Award
The Chairman of
Globacom Telecommunication Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr was recently honoured with the Entertainment Pillar of the Decade Award at the third anniversary celebration of Entertainment Publication, Entertainment Express and Sunday Express.
Some of the showbiz personalities in the country have described the award as well deserved as it is the highest conferred on individuals and corporate bodies. According to P-Square, Africa’s most popular singing duo, “Dr Mike Adenuga surely deserves the award as he has contributed immensely to the entertainment industry more than any other person in the African continent”.
According to the duo, “Dr Adenuga is a blessing to anyone who associates with him personally or business – wise, he is indeed a great pillar to many of us in the industry”.
Jude Abaga popularly called Mr Incredible (MI) said “Every great structure is sustained by pillars most times bearing the weight and keeping the structure in place: Adenuga has been that and more, this is why the award has not come to us as a surpise”.
For the “Na who I go ask” crooner, Omawu Mi Mgbele it is only ideal that honour should be given to whom it is due for. Such a great business man and philanthropist who have contributed so much to promoting the entertainment sector in particular and the Nigerian economy in general, it is only right to applaud the honour”.
Other hearty felicitations came from Ghana’s resourceful and highly talented actress Jackie Appiah who prayed for the continuous health and prosperity for the pillar of entertainment, Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr. While Van Vicker, another Ghanaian actor described the honour as another fitting tassel to Dr Adenuga’s heavily bejeweled cap and wished him many more fruitful years on earth.
According to Nigeria’s cultural icon, Sherifa Gunu, Dr Adenuga “is an intense and deep thinking business tycoon who is not afraid to take risks. Understanding the vital importance of African music which is the food of love, he stepped in and has been supporting us to keep our heads above waters. He is really God’s blessing to the African entertainment industry.