…As Shobanjo, Momoh, Alakija, others receive Legacy Award

By Nnamdi Ojiego

The Convener of The Peak Performer Festival, TPP Fest, Dr. Abiola Salami, has said that it is not all gloom and doom in Nigeria as the country is doing well in many areas of endeavour.

Salami stated this during the TPP Awards and Dinner, held at the Muson Center, Lagos on Friday.

Those who were honoured with the Legacy Award included Dr. Biodun Shobanjo, chairman of Troyka and Insight Communications; Sir. Ademola Aladekomo, chairman of SmartCity Resorts; adire textile designer, Mrs. Nike Okundaye-Davies; Mr. Foluso Philips, founder, Phillips Consulting; Dr. John Momoh, chairman of Channels Television, and Dr. Cosmas Maduka, CEO of Coscharis Group.

Others are Mrs Folorunso Alakija, group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group and executive vice chairman of Famfa Oil Limited; Mr. Tunde Lemo, former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; Nigerian actress and journalist, Ms Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett; Mr. Fola Adeola, Co-Founder of Guaranty Trust Holding Company; foremost actor and producer, Mr. Richard Mofe Damijo, RMD; Mrs Stella Chinyelu Okoli, founder of Emzor pharmaceuticals and Mr. Austin Oyarekhua Alegeh, SAN.

Peak Performers award was given to Axa Mansard, Bank of Industry, Colton Group, Emerging Africa, GDL, Homework Group, Kenyon International, LAPO, Leadway, Lotus Bank, MasterCard, Network International, Nigerian Breweries, SaroAfrica, ShoreLine Group, Sifax Group, Signal Alliance, Starzs Investment, LIRS, and Zedcrest Group.

According to the convener, the Legacy and Peak Performers Awards were initiated to honour exceptional leaders  and organizations who have demonstrated unwavering dedication, innovative spirit, and outstanding achievements in their respective fields.

He said: “The thing is, whatever you appreciate, grows. If you don’t appreciate something, it will not grow. So if somebody has delivered a level of success, not because the person is perfect, but because the person has done one thing well, let us tell them, let us not hide it. Let us not only complain when things are not going right, let us also applaud when things are going right.

“A number of things are going right in Nigeria, and on our continent, it is not all gloom and doom. So when things are going right, let us say it. Of course, when things need to be improved, we should say it as well, but not by pontificating or knocking down the people who are not doing things right but by providing solutions to help them because generally, if people know better, they do better.

“So we created this platform to appreciate those who are doing well, to celebrate them, to empower them, to enlighten people to make people do better. And over time that we’ve been doing this, contributing to organizations, we’ve seen the revenue of organizations grow, we’ve seen organizations improve their operational efficiency, we’ve seen organizations retaining more of their staff, and developing more, retaining their funders and investors and that’s why we’re motivated to continue to do this.”

By celebrating these trailblazers, Salami added that the next generation of leaders and female executives would be inspired to reach new heights as the festival fosters a culture of excellence and entrepreneurship across the continent.

He noted that through targeted summits, workshops, and networking opportunities, the festival equips emerging leaders with essential skills, knowledge, and connections to drive success.

“On The Peak Performers festival, we have two goals. One, we empower the demographics we serve. Two, we celebrate the demographics we serve. We serve three demographics in Champ Global Leadership Consulting. We serve young leaders who are actively engaged as career professionals and entrepreneurs who are under 40 years old. We serve them so that they can continue to deliver excellence. We call them emerging leaders in our organization.

“The second demographic we serve is women in leadership. Women who are first-line supervisors, even if it’s just one person that she’s leading in her organization, or she’s at the very top of the organization. We serve them to equip them with leadership skills that will continue to help them maximise the opportunities to grow the revenue of their organization. And we serve very senior leaders, male and female C-level executives. So the peak performer festival is that platform that we created to bring all of them together and dispense to them the insights they need on their level to thrive and succeed.

“The high point of TPP is the legacy award and the corporate award where we seek out the legacy founders and celebrate them. We celebrate them to be an inspiration to the young because these days, a lot of young people know a lot about businesses that were founded in America but they don’t know about businesses and cities around Africa. And I’m not talking about startups, I’m talking about people who started their business 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Their stories and values are much needed by the young of today. They serve as an inspiration to the young people. And we curated the awards to bridge the gap between the generations, the old and the younger generations in the society.”