Award Terms & Conditions

CoopAWARDS TERMS & CONDITIONS

  1. Each Cooperator, Cooperative, or Organization working with or for cooperatives entrant will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and to have agreed to be bound by them.
  2. The CoopAWARDS are open to Cooperators, Cooperative Societies, Unions/Associations, and Federations including organizations working with or for cooperatives operating in Nigeria.
  3. All necessary information requested must be provided at the time of submitting an entry or before the submission closes, if not might result in the entry being invalid. All Entries end 60 days before the awards grand finale day
  4. All entries statements of accounts and returns submitted must fall within the current year in review to be accepted.
  5. Entries will be deemed to be void if the information provided was found to be forged, cancelled, mutilated, or tampered with in any way.
  6. The CoopAWARDS Winners and Nominees – Individuals or Organizations (Sectoral-based, Primary, Union, and Apex) that have opened accounts with our sponsor bankers would be entitled to a credit facility of up to a Billion naira.
  7. Any Cooperatives that can run a minimum turnover of One Billion naira within Ten-Month with a reasonable credit balance with our sponsor bankers would be entitled to a vehicle raffle draw or donated to our CoopCARE Initiative will also be entitled to a Charity Raffle Draw (T&Cs Apply).
  8. By entering the competition, all entrants, nominees, and winners agree to their names being published and to be photographed and/or interviewed by The Press or CRASoN Team and that CRASoN may use their names and such photographs and/or interviews for publicity purposes.
  9. The CRASoN Trophies are not transferable or exchangeable.
  10. All prizes are subject to standard terms and conditions of the company supplying the prizes.
  11. CRASoN is not liable for damage to trophies sent by post or courier.
  12. Winners will be drawn from outcomes of the Public, Cooperatives and Cooperators  Online Voting and, or SMS and the CRASoN Academy Jurors Voting.
  13. Nominees will be notified as specified in the nominees’ list to be advertised.
  14. Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, CRASON Advisory Board members, Management team, Volunteers, and their employees are not responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever that is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury suffered or sustained during the course of accepting or using the CRASON Award Trophy.
  15. The decision of CRASON College of Jurors in relation to any aspect of the Awards ceremony is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  16. All entries document (names, pictures, graphics, videos, file, etc) becomes the property of CRASON and may be used for research, promotional, and marketing purposes.
  17. Under the Privacy Act, all individuals have the right to access and correct their personal information by contacting CRASON in writing to CRASON Secretariat email, entires@crason.coop
  18. By agreeing to receive a complimentary subscription to CRASON, recipients of any complimentary subscription are deemed to have given CRASON consent to contact them.
  19. All entrants that scaled through to nominees are to pay a non-refundable  Nomination Acceptance and Administrative Fees to be determined by the CRASoN Board of Directors in order to help cushion the administrative and other costs of running this project and  programs;
  20. Entrants can register interest in different categories of awards. But must enter into each of the Award Category one after the other. No lump entry nominations is accepted.

NOTE:

Kindly note that each category’s winners have only three chances, after winning the awards thrice would have to stay for another three years to re-contest the same category which they must have won three times. However, they have the grace to enter into any other category not won before or a new entry category.

Hon. Victor Oyegoke

CRASoN President/CEO

Victor Oyegoke is a seasoned Cooperative and Micro-finance expert, a business development professional, a sales person, team leader, and manager of people with almost two and half decades of working experience in Commercial Banking, Retail Marketing, Financial Cooperatives, Micro-finance Banking, Cooperative Bookkeeping & Auditing, Business Development, Consultancy and Advisory services.

He is a resourceful person, an author, and a mentor with a great passion for cooperative youth and women socio-economic empowerment. Prior Starting up Cooperative Support Services (CoopSupport.ng), a Management Consulting & Advisory Services firm wholly for Cooperatives based in Lagos, Nigeria and the pioneering of Cooperative Rating & Award Institution known as the Cooperative Rating & Award Society of Nigeria (CRASoN.coop), he grew along the ladder of corporate governance and has held various management levels and member Board of Trustees at various financial institutions and Cooperative Organizations.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Institute of Cooperative Professionals of Nigeria (ICOPRON). He graduated with distinction from the prestigious premier cooperative institution in Africa – the Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan, Oyo State, where he studied Cooperative Economics and Management. Had a Professional Graduate Certificate on Platform Cooperative Now from Platform Cooperative Consortium at The New School, New York, USA, and MTA-Mondragon University, Spain

He believed so much in personal development and, hence, has attended several seminars, workshops, and conferences at home here in Nigeria and abroad at the Cooperative College, Manchester, United Kingdom. He is currently a faculty team member of the North America Student of Co-operation (NASCO) Institute in Michigan USA.

He is currently the Special Assistant on Cooperatives and Farmer’s Welfare to the Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He loves travelling, volunteering, cooking, dancing, listening to news, and surfing the internet for information on everything Cooperatives and Financial Services coupled with eCommerce and Cryptocurrency as an enthusiast.

Mrs. Sikaiye O. Temitope

President LIMCU Member, Advisory Board

Engr. Akintola started his professional career in 1983 as a Seed Processing Engineer with the National Seed Service Ibadan. His proficiency stamp could be seen till today in the 6 seed processing installations he helped to establish at Oyo, Ilorin, Damaturu, Jos, Talata Mafara, Kontagora and excellent mechanization activities in several seed farms across the country.

Engr. Akintola is registered with many professional bodies, some of which include: Nigeria Society of Agricultural Engineers (NSAE) 1983; American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) and British Institution of Agricultural Engineers 1983; Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) 1986 and Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in 1986. He is a prolific machine designer, fabricator and agro-industrial project consultant. Some of his works include: palm oil mills, cassava processing machinery, rice processing mills, grain threshers, air-screen grain cleaners, soya beans threshers, feed mills, harmer mills, crops dryers etc. In short, the projects that bear the professional stamp of Engr. Akintola are too numerous for listing but it suffices to say that Engr. Akintola has handled projects in nearly all the states of Nigeria. He has also been a consultant to some state governments in the establishment of rice and cassava processing factories.

In research and development, Engr. Akintola has authored over 14 engineering policy and scientific papers. He has served as a member of COREN ACCREDITATION TEAMS to many Nigerian Universities. He is well travelled both nationwide and globally.

On resumption of office as Federal Director of Cooperatives in February 2016, he was passionate about re-engineering and modernizing the Cooperative sector and sharpening the business/entrepreneurial focus of the sector. This he pursued and attained to a large extent till his retirement from service in September, 2018.

Other notable achievement of Engr. Akintola in the Cooperative sector include;

  • Implementation of curriculum review of Federal Cooperative Colleges to include 9 micro finance and entrepreneurship courses.
  • Status upgrade of Federal Cooperative Colleges from Mono-technics to Polytechnics through the addition of degree programmes in Banking and Finance and Computer Science to ensure that the Colleges produce 21st century Cooperative Professionals.
  • Strengthening of the performances of major National Cooperative Apexes and Societies and their business focus.
  • Ensured regular hosting of NCCA and effective guidance of the council to take far reaching decisions aimed at revitalizing and strengthening of the Cooperative sector.
  • Strengthened the role of Nigerian Cooperative movement in ICA – Africa Alliance and ensured Nigeria hosted the 2018 African Ministerial Cooperative Conference (AMCCO).
  • Encouraged closer interaction of all Cooperative Directors in the country through ICT and physical contacts.
  • Promoted and strongly advocated for the deployment of ICT management solutions for the management of Cooperative Societies.
  • Encouraged the establishment of CRASoN and ensured the Endorsement of the Honorable Minister in Charge of cooperative affairs that led to Maiden Edition of the Nigerian National Cooperative Awards.

He is a fellow of Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers (FNIAE), a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Administrators of Nigeria (FCAI), and a Fellow of Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC). He is an astute personality and a quintessential public servant, a motivator and leader of men full of practical talents and insight.

Engr. Akintola is happily married with wonderful children.