Adesola Sulaimon 

Publishers of Nigeria’s premier biographical compendium on thought leaders, have released their list of 100 “Nigeria’s foremost thought leaders” for the year 2022.

The list contains names of Nigerian leaders both male and female with exemplary characters.

Names of those ranking high on the list include;Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Governor Peter Obi, business mogul Aliko Dangote, and the Continental Overseer of RCCG, Africa 2, Pastor Ezekiel A. Odeyemi.

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Others include;Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed; AfDB president, Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Bishop Oyedepo, Pastor Kumuyi, Governor Zulum, and Bishop Kukah, amongst others.

However, names of presidential candidates of the all Progressive Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the peoples Democratic party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar were surprisingly not included in the list.

Speaking on the prerequisites for determining names on the list, the editors Kammonke Abam and Tammie Edet Kammonke, said “These are people who, by their actions, put Nigeria above personal and sectional considerations.

“They are committed to the greatness of the country and are working towards ensuring that the country becomes what its founding fathers envisioned it to be”.

“the book profiles true Nigerian heroes and heroines, who have as a collective defined a vivid portraiture of the Nigerian story through their lives”