AMCON CEO Wins Award

The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru has emerged winner of ‘African Best CEO of the Year’ at the second edition of the National Development Forum (NDF)/award ceremony organised by African Development Magazine.

The theme for this year’s lecture, which was delivered by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, recently, was entitled “The corruption conundrum: How to lead proficiently with integrity in Nigeria.”

Explaining the criteria for the selection of Kuru at the event, the organiser of the award ceremony and Publisher/CEO of the media outfit, Mr. Mr. Ayo Ilesanmi, stated that the AMCON boss was adjudged winner by the panel of judges after a careful evaluation of the difficult assignment he does at AMCON and the fact that he goes about it in the way that supports the ongoing fight for corruption in the country.

He said looking through the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government in the country, the assignment of Kuru looked scary and daunting because it entailed chasing dangerous debtors that have borrowed money from tax payers to fund their lavish lifestyle while deliberately refusing to pay back, which he argued has contributed to cripple the Nigerian economy.

Kuru, in his acceptance speech said he was humbled by the fact that NDF appreciated the challenging job of recovery money for Nigeria. He said the award came to him as a surprise because the role of AMCON was initially misunderstood by members of the public, especially when the corporation started closing in on a good number of its recalcitrant debtors.

Kuru who was represented at the event by Head of Corporate Communications, AMCON, Mr. Jude Nwauzor, thanked the organisers for the honour and promised that the award would reenergize Kuru and AMCON to pursue the corporation’s mandate without fear or favour.