Zik Prize
Awarded forOutstanding leadership, service and good governance
Sponsored byFederal Government of Nigeria
Presented byFederal Government of Nigeria
StatusActive
Established1995
First awarded1995
Last awarded2023

Zik Prize also known as The Nnamdi Azikiwe Prize, named after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is a literally leadership award established in 1995 in honor of Azikiwe, It is awarded annually by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Background

The Zik Prize inaugural event chaired by former president of Nigeria Shehu Shagari was held on November 16, 1999 at the auditorium of the Nigerian Law School in Lagos.[1] The 1996 edition of the award was cancelled due to the death of Azikiwe who died in May 1996 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu.[2][3] The Inaugural awardee of the Prize includes Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, Akintola Williams and Abdulazeez Udeh of Nigeria.[4]

Categories

Recipients

No Year Recipient Image Birth/death Country Description
1 1995 Jerry Rawlings 1947-2020  Ghana Former leader of Ghana
1 1995 Akintola Williams 1919-2023  Nigeria First Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant[6]
1 1995 Abdulazeez Udeh 1940-2021 Former publisher and financier of the Financial Post and acting Chairman of Newswatch Magazine
2 1997 Julius Nyerere 1922-1999  Tanzania Former prime minister and president of Tanzania
3 2000 Nelson Mandela 1918-2013  South Africa Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa
4 2003 Yoweri Museveni b. 1944  Uganda Ugandan politician who has been the ninth President of Uganda since 1986
5 2008 John Kufuor b. 1938  Ghana President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009, andChairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008
6 2010 Ayale Ahmed b. 1952  Nigeria Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria from July 2007 to September 2008 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation from September 2008 to May 2011
7 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf b. 1938  Liberia First elected female head of state in Africa who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018[7]
8 2013 Aare Afe Babalola b. 1929  Nigeria Nigerian lawyer who founded the Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti
9 2015 Yakubu Dogara b. 1967  Nigeria Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019
10 2016 Ahmed Joda 1930-2021  Nigeria Nigerian administrator
11 2017 Audu Ogbeh b. 1947  Nigeria Nigerian farmer, playwright and politician who served as the minister of agriculture and rural development from 2015 to 2019.
12 2018 Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe 1949-2021  Nigeria Nigerian professor and former vice chancellor of the University of Lagos

References

  1. ↑ "Inaugural Award – November 16, 1995 – The Zik Prize". Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. ↑ "1996 Edition OF Zik Prize Cancelled Over Death Of Dr Azikiwe – The Zik Prize". Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. ↑ French, Howard W. (1996-05-14). "Nnamdi Azikiwe, the First President of Nigeria, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Inaugural Award – November 16, 1995 – The Zik Prize". Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Award Categories – The Zik Prize". Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Akintola Williams: Life and Times of Nigeria's First Chartered Accountant in Photographs - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  7. ↑ Nigeria, Vanguard (December 8, 2020). "Lawan wins 2019 Zik Prize in leadership award".
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