A former Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Mbama Okiro has emerged Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON’s) Man of the Year 2020 for his outstanding contributions to national security and human development.
Besides the honour, the former IGP, who was also chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), was recognised as ‘COCSON Ambassador of Project 20 Million,’ the CSO’s platform for social mobilisation, political participation and cultural renaissance in the country.
Convener of the Coalition, Comrade Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, who doubles as Director-General of Project 20 Million, while speaking during the investiture in Abuja, Tuesday, said Sir Okiro’s phenomenal rise in public service and his enormous achievements as a former number one police officer in the country attracted the recognitions.
Comrade Chukwunyere said the CSO also decided to flag off the ‘Mike Okiro Volunteer Eagles (MOVE)’”premised on the need to choose on merit the best hands to steer the country to greatness while harnessing our diversity and unifying the whole country to take up its leadership role as the Giant of Africa.”
Our amiable Ambassador, as an organisation we have noted your professionalism, interventions and achievements in administration while in office as INSPECTOR General of Police and Chairman Police Service Commission. It is a known fact that the last time this Institutions made any meaningful impact was while you presided over them due to your innovations and creativity”, he said.
“Having followed the trajectory of your achievements and activities both in the private and public sectors for a span of time, COCSON & Project 20 Million sees in you an incontrovertible role model, a worthy mentor, a beacon of hope and a guiding light to the next generation of leaders. It was on this premise that your good person was nominated at our just concluded national convention as COCSON’s Man of the Year 2020,” he added.
