*CHIEF DR MOGHALU EMERGES WINNER OF BUSINESS DAY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE*


The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief Dr. George Moghalu and nine others have emerged as winners of the BusinessDay Excellence in Public Service Award 2021.

The NIWA boss, Dr. Moghalu, while receiving the award in Abuja, expressed his commitment to improve on his pace and achieve more results.

“I am happy that I was recognized for my service.

” When you are recognized by people who are watching you unconsciously and all of a sudden they write to inform you they have been following your activities and they want to recognize you, naturally the reaction is to feel happy, that is the truth, I feel happy about it.

”Yes, for any recognition like this it brings about more work, what they have done is to encourage me to keep working at my pace.

” The award will encourage me to improve on my pace to achieve more results.

”And so I see it as a driving force; somebody telling you, you are doing well, continue, that is exactly what it is,” Moghalu said.

Other awardees includes: The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Commissioner for Insurance, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Sunday Thomas, Managing Director, North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Mohammed Alkali, Chairman/Chief Executive National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Engr. Prof. Mohammed Dani Haruna, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Alhaji Tijjani Idris Umar and Corporate Recipient, Niger Power Holding Company (NDPHC), were also awarded for excellent performance.