Edo NMA, ex-chairman bag award for leadership values and ethical standards
Edo State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and former chairman, Dr. Emmanuel Osaigbovo have been conferred an Award of Credence by the Center for Ethics and Self Value Orientation over the weekend.
The award was in recognition of their contributions to the medical profession and promoting excellence in public service.
The NMA, state Chairman, Dr. Valentine Omoifo, in his acceptance speech at the occasion remarked that the association would maintain a high level of standard, while expressing the commitment of the executives under his leadership to uphold a high sense of accountability in the affairs of the association.
Omoifo, while appreciating the Centre for identifying ethical standards among members of the association in their medical practice as well as giving recognition to deserving individuals noted that probity and accountability was the watchword of the association.
It would be recalled that Prof. Afekhide Ernest Omoti, who held sway as chairman of Edo NMA between 2014 to 2016 maintained the highest level of accountability and probity as well as exposed all act of corruption which subsequently his successors have also uphold.
In his comment, Dr. Osaigbovo, immediate past chairman hereby commended the organization for counting him worthy of the honour bestowed by the Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation.
He attributed the core leadership values, ethical standards and zero tolerance for corruption as virtues he got from his parents and teachers which has thus been his guiding principles.
However, Executive Director, Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation, Prince Salih Musa Yakubu, described the duo of Dr. Osaigbovo and Dr. Omoifo as men of integrity who have also shown character in their profession as well as in exposing corruption.
He said the awardees were carefully picked after a survey finding which distinguished them as deserving for the awards.
Salih alleged that it is unfortunate that over 80% of awards bagged by Nigerians under the National Merit Award are in the hands of persons with questionable characters who have questions to answer before the Court of Law in the country.
“We are living in a country where criminals are celebrated. We at the Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation is raising thousands of advocates who are haters of corruption as Nigeria must be sanitized of all the corrupt practices,” he said.
The Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation is a Lokoja based International Anti-corruption non state actor majored in exposing corruption, promoting ethical, leadership and value orientation of global citizens.
