<p>The much talked-about awards event which celebrates and honour Nigeria&#8217;s Diaspora foreigners must have come and gone, but the memories will sure linger for a while. The colourful event which held at the prestigious Oriental hotel Lagos on St. Valentine&#8217;s day, February 14th, 2020 was well attended by revered members of the international community and Nigerian celebrities.</p>



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<p>A post event release by Pun Communications, the
organizers of the awards and signed by Tunde Moshood, ; stated that the debut edition of the laudable
awards&#8217; project had the duo of super broadcaster and Free The Sheeple
campaigner, Daddy Freeze and Ghanaian actress, Ella Mensah as compere.</p>



<p>The award project honour foreign businesses and
personalities in different categories which include Auto Company of The Year
won by Kia Motors; the award, according to the organizers was given in
recognition of the brands&#8217; impressive track records on Nigerian Roads. </p>



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<p>The Ethnic Financial Institution of The Year award goes
to Stanbic IBTC and the bank was recognized for its outstanding performances in
the banking sector and in the same vein, Household Appliances Company of The
Year was presented to Scanfrost in recognition of the brands&#8217; popularity and
performances in Nigeria while Electronics Company of The Year is LG.</p>



<p>The Indian Community in Nigeria is the Ethnic Group of
The Year for having demonstrated peace and unity amongst other communities and
one of Nigeria&#8217;s longstanding energy drink, PowerHorse won the CSR Brand of The
Year in recognition of its support and corporate social responsibility. The
Ethnic Product of The Year which goes to a particular product&#8217;s popularity and
outstanding performance in the Nigerian market was given to Always from the
stable of Procter &; Gamble.</p>



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<p>In the Ethnic Beauty Product of The Year category, a
beauty soap manufactured by Givanas Industry, Ivory Beauty soap walked tall for
its brand&#8217;s relevance and market-leading status while an employment solution
firm, Iota-Group was presented with Employment Friendly Ethnic Firm of The Year
for its outstanding achievements to raising employment standards in Nigerian
Labour Markets.</p>



<p>And in the entertainment category, gorgeous actress of
Ghannaian descent, Ella Mensah who doubled as the event&#8217;s hostess won the Cross
Over-Actress of The Year and her Ghanaian male counterpart, talented Mawuli
Gavor is the Cross-Over Actor of 2019/20.</p>



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<p>The Ethnic Airline of The Year award goes to Delta
Airlines in recognition of its sterling achievements in the Nigerian Air Space while
the Ethnic Entrepreneur of The Year Award was given to Contec Global boss, Dr.
Benoy Berry in recognition of his business prowess and contributions in the
Nigerian Labour Market.</p>



<p>Other interesting categories are the Ethnic
Telecommunication Company of The Year which was won by Airtel and the Ethnic
Revelation Award which was presented to a Gambian-Malawian bunch of talent,
Lilian Azizi in recognition of her promising talent In the Nigerian
entertainment terrain.</p>



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<p>The peak of the event was the presentation of the Ethnic
Man and Ethnic Woman of The Year awards, special and biggest categories that
were won by Art-House Contemporary CEO, Kavita Chellaram and Jean
Philippe-Bolot in recognition of their residency and outstanding contributions
to the Nigerian society at large.</p>

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