The maiden edition of Dividend Payment Awards for listed companies in Nigeria is slated for Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Muson Centre in Lagos.
Mr. Abiodun Ayodele, Managing Director/CEO of Third Observes Nigeria Limited, organisers of the awards, said in a statement that the dividend payment awards is to sensitize the Nigerian public and shareholders of quoted companies in Nigeria to the availability of dividends from quoted companies in the country.
Ayodele said the award is divided into categories of years of dividend payment by quoted companies in the country.
Amongst those expected at the event include Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Executive Governor of Lagos State; Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, those of Edo and Kano states and Mr. Oscar Onyema, chief executive of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.