The annual awards event is being organized by the Global Vision Communications, Publishers of African Voice Magazine, in conjunction with the International Association of Research Scholars and Administrators (IARSA).
The West African Leadership Icon Awards, instituted over ten years ago in Lome, Togo, is aimed at celebrating patriotic sons and daughters of West Africa who manifest diligence, achievement, integrity and untiring commitment to developing potentials in their professional callings.
While presenting the award in Lagos on Tuesday, Director of Public Relations, IARSA, Mr. Amusa Wale Azeez, stated that the choice of Ishola as the recipient of this year’s edition of the award was in recognition of his outstanding career in the field of mass communication in the past two and half decades as well as his self-effacing leadership style which emphasizes teamwork and gives the younger generation ample opportunities to harness their talents, learn the ropes and build confidence.
Past Nigerian recipients of the WAPLGA include Professor Olu Akeusola, scholar, linguist and Provost of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education; Alhaji Abdu Ahmed, Acting DG, Bureau of Public Procurement; Rt. Honourable Kenneth Okechukwu Emeakayi, Chairman, PDP Anambra State and Chief Aloysius Ejikemenwa, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nigerians in Diaspora, Togo Chapter.
In his acceptance speech, the PR Redline boss thanked the organizers for the honour.
His words: “We are humble to have been selected for this award and we really appreciate your kind words in recognizing our little achievements in the course of a career that started, as you rightly said, about 25 years ago. I must place on record the fact that I have never met your team in any way before today. Yes, we have received some awards at PR Redline between 2014 and now, about ten different awards in both individual and corporate categories, with a couple of them even coming from the Lagos State Government. But, I must say that this has a very special place in my heart and I am sincere about that.”
Ishola assured the team that PR Redline would continue to be steered on the path of professionalism that earned him the recognition.
