This award is a prestigious recognition bestowed upon outstanding leaders who demonstrate exceptional ability to inspire, innovate, and drive profound positive change within their organizations, institutions, or communities. This award celebrates visionary individuals who go beyond routine management to fundamentally transform structures, cultures, processes, and outcomes, often in challenging environments, through strategic foresight, inclusive engagement, resilience, and measurable impact. It highlights transformative contributions that shift paradigms from stagnation to progress, empower communities, promote accountability, and deliver lasting value. The nominees are:

Dr. Samuel Ogbuku (MD, Niger Delta Development Commission) LEADING
6,573 votes
Hon. Barr. Kayode Oladele (Federal Commissioner Representing Ogun State)
3,466 votes
Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu (Fmr. Minister of State, FCT)
1,873 votes
Dr. Pius Ukeyima Akutah, MON (Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers' Council)
4 votes