The immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter, Dr. Barr. Ben Nwoye has received award of Excellence in Leadership from one of the famous private universities in Nigeria; Godfrey Okoye University.
Dr. Nwoye received the award on Sunday, 21st November when he hosted the students from Law Faculty of the University in his country home- Amurri Ancient Kingdom, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State for their annual picnic.
Presenting the award, the Dean of the Faculty, professor Gozie Ogbodo said the choice of Dr. Nwoye is premised on his uncommon leadership acumen and the enormous achievements he recorded while at the helms of APC affairs in Enugu State.
“This is our very small token to express our appreciation for the very sterling leadership that Dr. Ben has given to the APC in Enugu state.
“He was there from the inception of the party in the state and has grown the APC to be a platform to reckon with in Enugu State.
He also said that Dr. Nwoye has been very supportive of the faculty and have been with them all the way.
“He has been very consistent from the beginning till date. In every stage of our development, he has always been there for us and have shown tremendous support in everything we do.
In his reaction after receiving the award, Dr. Ben Nwoye expressed happiness over the recognition saying that he
“didn’t know that people were watching what we do.”
Speaking to the law students of the University, Nwoye charged them to strive to be a good because “we have too many lawyers all over the world but we have extremely few good lawyers. So whatever you plan to do, make yourself one of the few good ones.”
He said that lawyers play a viral role in the society and are responsible for determining the right and wrong in all spheres of live.
He reminded them (the students) that the society places a lot responsibilities on lawyers because their job is to “judge and your job is to tell the truth.”
He assured the school that he will always remain a friend of the university and the faculty.