The founder of Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN) and President Boys Brigade Nigeria (BBN),Sir Sunny Nwosu has been declared Capital Market personality of the year 2020 by the board and Editors of National Business Extra newspaper(NBE).
Sir Nwosu was declared the winner within the Week during NBE’s 4TH year anniversary Lecture and Awards which held at the LCCI Exhibition and Conference Centre,Lagos Business district,Alausa,Ikeja-Lagos.
According to a statement from the Weekly Newspaper the award was given to Sir Nwosu for pioneering the proxy idea and selling it to the capital market operators and other stakeholders at the on-set of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown which enabled shareholders access to dividend payments even as a lot of companies were able to save needed funds from needless physical annual general meetings.
As the newspaper stated the idea incepted by Sir Nwosu and his group has since been adopted by other country’s in the bid to survive the threats of Covid-19 pandemic since that time, maintaining that its only God that can decipher the number of shareholders and companies the Nwosu idea helped to salvage from the dangers of Covid.
Speaking to us over the Weekend ISAN National Co-ordinator, Dr Anthony Omojola stated that its a thing of joy to him that ISAN founder is winning so many awards during his tenure as the National Co-ordinator, saying that the milestones shows the impacts of the association as a body on the national economy.
As Dr Omojola stated ”We are happy that we are a leading voice of the market and the award to Sir Nwosu shows the market is recognising our contributions toward building the nations economy. ISAN is always ready to do more as we are ahead of the others.”
While ISAN Secretary, Chibuzor Eke in his reaction maintained that the award is an honour ”well deserved considering his (Nwosu’s) contribution to the Capital Market over the last 40 years. He has through his contributions made the Capital Market more stable” he said.
He said that the President of BBN is a kind- hearted-man who believes in investing in people and urged other Nigerians to emulate him in the overall interest of the economy.
A seasoned Economist, Dr Biodun Adedipe, spoke on the topic, “Cryptocurrency vs e-Naira: Issues, Prospects and challenges in Nigeria”, during the occasion
Other top Nigerian brands won various awards at the event including Dangote Foundation, GUINESS Nigeria, Access Bank, UBA among others.
