The National Association of Postgraduate Students (NAPS), University of Benin, Edo State, has conferred an award of excellence on Hon. John Osagie Inegbedion, chairman, Taskforce on Internally Generated Revenue, Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS).
The conferment of the award, which took place on March 11, 2024, during the association’s 2024 Web Summit with the theme: “Skill Acquisition, Recipe for a Successful Career,” held at the Professor Festus Iyayi’s Hall, Faculty of Management Sciences.
Receiving the award on behalf of the EIRS boss, head of Corporate Communications, EIRS, Mr. Eboigbe Courage, while addressing the literati, commended the organizers of the award ceremony for their careful selection and recognition of the awardee.
He stated, “The selection of Hon Inegbedion by the students’ body demonstrates clearly the fact that he is a thorough bred professional committed to the development of Edo State via driving an efficient and transparent revenue administration process.”
He observed that the award will spur him to sustain his positive track record while charging the students to be worthy citizens of the country, ambassadors of the university and the association by joining hands in the development of the society wherever they find themselves through payments of their taxes when economically engaged.
Speaking on the idea behind the awards, President of NAPS, Dr. Chris Ovie, informed that the Post Graduate Students Award is presented to distinguished alumnus and non alumnus of the University of Benin that have achieved extra ordinary progress in their chosen career and have impacted society and humanity in general.
“The nomination/selection process was opened to the university community through a credible and transparent process,” he said.
Earlier, during his presentation titled, ‘Strategies for Business Growth’, Dr Godstime Ikhu-Omoregbe, defined strategy as steps or plans put in place in other to be different from others which should be applied due to business competitiveness. He told students and participants that by presenting at the one day web summit, they would be able to embrace the positive use of artificial intelligence as a business strategy if they must strive in business
