Zik Prize also known as The Nnamdi Azikiwe Prize, named after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is a literally leadership award established in 1995 in honor of Azikiwe, It is awarded annually by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Background The Zik Prize inaugural event chaired by former president of Nigeria Shehu Shagari was held on November 16, 1999 at the auditorium of the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. The 1996 edition of the award was cancelled due to the death of Azikiwe who died in May 1996 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu. The Inaugural awardee of the Prize includes Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, Akintola Williams and Abdulazeez Udeh of Nigeria.
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Recipients NoYearRecipientImageBirth/deathCountryDescription11995Jerry Rawlings1947-2020Former leader of Ghana11995Akintola Williams1919-2023First Nigerian to qualify as a chartered accountant11995Abdulazeez Udeh1940-2021Former publisher and financier of the Financial Post and acting Chairman of Newswatch Magazine21997Julius Nyerere1922-1999Former prime minister and president of Tanzania32000Nelson Mandela1918-2013Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa42003Yoweri Musevenib. 1944Ugandan politician who has been the ninth President of Uganda since 198652008John Kufuorb. 1938President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009, and Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 200862010Ayale Ahmedb. 1952Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria from July 2007 to September 2008 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation from September 2008 to May 201172011Ellen Johnson Sirleafb. 1938First elected female head of state in Africa who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 201882013Aare Afe Babalolab. 1929Nigerian lawyer who founded the Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti92015Yakubu Dogarab. 1967Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019102016Ahmed Joda1930-2021Nigerian administrator 112017Audu Ogbehb. 1947Nigerian farmer, playwright and politician who served as the minister of agriculture and rural development from 2015 to 2019.122018Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe1949-2021Nigerian professor and former vice chancellor of the University of Lagos
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