Dangote Cement, Zenith Bank, First Bank, Nigerian Breweries, Eleme Petrochemical Company and MTN Nigeria are among the top companies in the list of 100 to be honored by President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday.
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, December 1, give special recognition to the top 100 Nigerian businesses that have contributed to making Nigeria the largest economy in Africa.
The honorees are companies tHat have created high level of employment, generated revenues to government, displayed a keen sense of corporate social responsibility, CSR, and contributed to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
The presidential dinner which will hold at the Presidential Villa, is targerted at celebrating investors in the Nigerian economic space and encouraging more investement flow.
According to the Chairman of the Business Assessment Committee, Mr. Jim Obazee, who is also hat the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, the companies cut across the whole strata of the Nigerian business spectrum.
Others in the list include Exonmobil, Globacom, Shoprite, Addax Petroleum, Ibadan and Yola Power Company, Fortel Oil, Glaxo, Smithline, Chevron, APM Terminal, Eko Disco, Promasidor, Elephant Group, UAC, Julius Berger, UAC Oriental Energy among others.
The dinner will be preceded with a cocktail which will give the invited captains of industries opportunity to interact with the President and members of his economic.
