National Honour CON conferment on Dapo Abiodun: Well Deserved, coming at appropriate time — Says Oludotun
The outgoing commissioner of Forestry, Hon Taiwo Oludotun has congratulated the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on his national honour of Commander of the Order of Niger (CON); describing it as a “honour well deserved and coming at the most appropriate time”
According to Oludotun “The latest national honour for Prince Dapo Abiodun could not have come at a better time as the governor would not only be inaugurated for a second term as Governor of our dear state on Monday, he we will also be clocking 63 years of age same day.”
The statement reads: “In the last three decades or more, Governor Abiodun has contributed immensely to the economic and sociopolitical development of the nation, placing him deservedly for a second national honour within ten years, having been first awarded the national honour of Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) in 2014 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“Prince Abiodun has given a good account of himself as an international private sector entrepreneur in various sectors of the economy, namely hospitality, security, real estate and oil and gas.
“He also served as a member of various Presidential Committees like the Presidential Think Tank set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2001. He was appointed Chairman, Oil and Gas Committee of Ogun State in 2009 and served as Chairman of Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association (DAPPMA) from 2012 till 2019.
Dapo Abiodun, in 2018, was appointed Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) by President Muhammadu Buhari and led a number of reform initiatives that standardized and improved the business registration process in the country, leading to a higher ease-of-doing-business ranking for the country. In 2014, he was honoured by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with the prestigious National Award of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR).
in line with his commitment to the development of the State, and love for his people, he contested and won the Ogun East Senatorial seat way back in 1998 on the platform of the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party, emerging as the youngest senator-elect in the country.
In 2018, he was awarded a Doctor of Science in Business Development and Administration (Honoris Causa) Degree by the Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State and another Doctor of Finance (Honoris Causa) Degree by the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, in recognition of his significant positive impacts and immense contributions to the development of the nation and humanity.
He appreciated the outgoing president Mohamadu Buhari for his initiative in picking Princre Dapo Abiodun and Senator Lekan Mustapha among the recipient of the national awards in Nigeria.
