Garden City Corporate Award …10 Winners Emerge

Director of Ministry of Information and Communications Mr. Rufus Direh (left) opening an envelop of the sample duirng the bidding of 2015 Calender/Diaries at the ministry recently. With him are Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Cordelia Peterside (middle) and Director, Administration, Mr. Hawkin’s T. Ide. Photo: Egberi A. Sampson

Ten corporate citizens have been shortlisted for honours at the maiden edition of the Garden City Corporate Awards billed for the Atlantic Hall of Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, on Friday.
The 10 companies were drawn from an initial 35 after vigorous screening and debate by the Awards selection committee, made-up of seasoned mass media practitioners.
Chairman of the Committee, who is also the General Manager of Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Ms Medline Tador, in a release in Port Harcourt yesterday said all arrangements have been concluded and that Award recipients will be unveiled during the event.
She explained that the awards are in three categories and cover large, medium and small scale organizations, with a special bias for excellent business ethics, community and human resource development.
In each category, she said, three Awards will be presented, while, one company shall emerge as the Overall Best Corporate Citizen of the year 2014. Considerations that guided the selection of the awardees include: Exemplary, environment and corporate social responsibility in the business sector through policies, plans and activities and corporate contribution to employment and employment generation which ultimately grow the economy of the state.
The other yardsticks are, corporate innovative services which foster sustainable partnership between the public and private sectors, with a measurable impact on community while the over-all winner must display excellent performance, exemplifying extraordinary leadership resulting in tremendous social progress.
Beyond these expectations, all selected companies must have met eight minimum qualifications namely.
Be registered with Rivers State Government and taxpaying; must be doing business in the state; must have operational headquarters in the state and must enjoy appreciable recognition by the people of the state.
The rest are: High quality of work in the state; Good relations with host community; must have been in business for a minimum of 10 years in the state and must have an outstanding employer/employee relations.

Soye Wilson Jamabo