Peter Obi Emerges 2022 “Man of the Year.”

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP) in the 2023 general election, has emerged as the ‘Man of the year in the 2022 Igbere TV leadership excellence award.

Peter Obi was voted ahead of the other three nominees in a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards. Voting was done via online platforms by Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora.

The voting saw Peter Obi poll 2, 428, 403 votes to defeat the chairman and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu who polled 1, 124, 172 and popular Nigerian Afrobeat sensation, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido who polled 881, 766.

In a statement published on the Facebook page of Igbere TV, the community said the leadership award, which has been awarded for the fourth time in a row, is an initiative organised to honour and recognise outstanding Nigerian leaders across the public and private sectors.

Part of the statement read:

“The prestigious Igbere TV Leadership Excellence Awards, the fourth in a row, is held annually; it recognises and honours the outstanding impacts of leaders across both the public and private sectors in Nigeria.

“It promotes outstanding leaders and personalities whose impacts have been felt in Nigeria’s political, social and economic spheres. The Award also applauds excellence, achievements, performance, humanitarian activities and philanthropic gestures.”

The award is fully endorsed by the African Union and African Film institute. It will be presented on  November 5, 2022 in a grand ceremony to be organised by Igbere TV at Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja.