| AWARDS CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS | ||
| S/N | AWARDS CATEGORIES | DESCRIPTION OF THE AWARD CATEGORIES |
| SECTION (1) ONE | COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT (INDIVIDUALS & COOPERATIVES) | |
| 1. | Co-operative Leader of the Year
(National Leadership Award) |
This award goes to the selfless and exemplary leader who have encouraged and exemplified the virtue of good governance, touched and enriched the lives of many, particularly those who are vulnerable in the society by bringing them to the Cooperative Space. The winning Leader must have continuously shown ongoing initiative, leadership and dedication to Cooperative growth and development in Nigeria. Who have passed through the rank and file of the Cooperative structures and understood it all from the local to the national and, or international level which through their leadership and vision, have made social impact and overseen strong economic performance within the organization they have led or leading and have successfully guided and guiding the cooperative movement to new heights. |
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Cooperative Federation President of the Year |
This award goes to the most outstanding Cooperative Federation President in Nigeria with innovative initiatives that has made a lot of giant strides in their domain, who has passed through the rank and file of the Cooperative structures from the local to the zonal, regional and , or national level demonstrating cooperation among cooperatives principles and advancing cooperative development and growth in Nigeria. |
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Cooperative Executive Secretary of the Year |
This Award goes to an Executive Secretary or General Manager of any apex Cooperative organizations who in their current management role are responsible for the strategic and tactical components of their organizations, proactive in leading new innovative initiatives in promoting and advancing the cause of cooperatives at local, national or international level through responsible cooperative business ethics. They must have put their organization in the right path of doing all the necessary statutory roles and activities that warrant cooperative development and growth which is expected of a cooperative federation to build a virile and sustainable cooperative movement. |
| 4. | Co-operative Society of the Year
(Primary) Overall Winner
A. Departmental Based B. Community Based |
This award goes to the Primary Cooperative Society in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That have considerably changed the Cooperative landscape by reaching out to new members and clients, offering game changing solutions to its member/client to drive economic growth, adopting inclusiveness by bringing the spendthrift into the cooperative space to build and imbibe thrift saving culture into them, made use of new technologies to enhance services and helped drive growth through a stronger coop sector which plays a pro-active and leading role in the economy. That has demonstrated strong credentials across all of its financial operational activities and makes some social impacts. |
| 5. | Co-operative Union of the Year
(Secondary) Overall Winner
A. Departmental Based B. Community Based |
This award goes to the Secondary Cooperative Union in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That understood the power of the cooperative principles of cooperation among cooperatives by reaching out to other cooperatives within or outside their sector, offering game changing ideas to drive socio-economic growth, adopting inclusiveness to advance their cause to bring oneness, power and progress to the cooperative movement. That has demonstrated strong credentials across all of its financial operational activities and makes some social impacts in their communities where they operate. |
| 6. | Cooperative Federation of the Year
(Tertiary) |
This award goes to the Cooperative Federation in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That have considerably changed their State Cooperative landscape, taking it to new heights by reaching out to new cooperative members and clients, offering game changing initiatives to drive cooperative development and growth, adopting inclusiveness by bringing more people into the cooperative space, made use of new media to enhance services and helped drive growth through a stronger coop sector which plays a pro-active and leading role in the socio-economic development of their state. |
| 7. | Cooperative Social Responsibility
CSR of the Year Award |
This award goes to the cooperative organization which has shown through its policies and projects the greatest socially responsible practices. The panel of judges will be seeking concrete examples of cooperative social responsibility (CSR) projects or initiatives within the institution which have had a sustainable impact on the communities it is geared towards. The award is aimed at cooperatives which go beyond the philanthropic use of funds to use their overall knowledge, resources and reputation to improve the lives of less advantaged and handicapped in society based on the cooperative principles of Concern for Community and ethical values of caring for others. |
| 8. | Most Outstanding
National Cooperative Apex of the Year
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This award goes to the National Cooperative Apex in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That have contributed to growth and development of Cooperative in Nigeria offering game changing initiatives to drive the cooperative development and growth, adopting inclusiveness by bringing more people into the cooperative movement using new media to create awareness and enhancing cooperative services, and helped drive growth through a stronger coop sector which plays a pro-active and leading role in the socio-economic development and environmental sustainability in Nigeria. |
| 9. | Most Enterprising Cooperative Society of the Year | This award goes to the Most Enterprising Cooperative Society that has diversified to increased the asset of the society thereby creating various enterprises with the sole aim to provide decent jobs and to reduce unemployment in line with the UN SDGs –. The winner while exploring their entrepreneurial acumen must have demonstrated original and efficient use of technology and/or innovative practices to provide: new, evolving business models with high quality and affordable products and services |
| 10. | Most Outstanding
Capital Project of the Year |
This award goes to the Cooperative Society which has successfully executed the most outstanding capital project in the year under review that would ultimately add value to the cooperative and beneficial to its members/clients and the community at large. Such project must be solving issues relating to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The winning society will have ultimately contributed to increased asset of the cooperatives, and growth of the Cooperative Sector in Nigeria. |
| 11. | Most Ingenious Co-operative
Society of the Year |
This award goes to the Cooperative Society which has brought most innovative practices to the sector, particularly through the use of technology–. The winner will have demonstrated original and efficient use of technology and/or innovative practices to provide: new, evolving business models; high quality and affordable products and services; faster and more inclusive access to financial services for members and clients; improved security and reliability of transaction services. The winning society will have ultimately contributed to the innovation, efficiency and growth of the Cooperative Sector through its activities in Nigeria. |
| 12. | Well-Managed Cooperative Society of the Year
Overall Winner A. Departmental Based B. Community Based |
This award goes to the Primary Cooperative Society in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has achieved strategic growth while prudently managing their expenses to achieve greater financial results and impacts. The society in spite of limited resources at their disposal have consistently made considerable progress and maximizing returns for their members at the closed departmental based cooperative society. |
| 13. | Most Outstanding Co-operative Manager Overall Winner
A. Departmental Based B. Community Based |
This award recognizes the valuable contribution that an outstanding Cooperative Business Manager can make to the economic performance and the overall member proposition and successes achieved within the cooperative organization. The winning Cooperative Manager must have attended a training course/seminar in Cooperative to understand the basic rudiment of cooperative administration and management. |
| 14. | Most Outstanding
Women Cooperative Society of the Year |
This award goes to the Women Cooperative Organization in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has impacted meaningfully to their members socio-economic needs and aspirations with evidence based transformation of the women supporting their entrepreneurship acumen. The winning Co-op organization must have been adding value to them through various vocational training, technical and soft skills in MSME development, farming, marketing, processing, and cottage industries. |
| 15. | Most Outstanding
Youth Cooperative Society of the Year |
This award goes to the Youth Cooperative Organization in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has impacted meaningfully to their members socio-economic needs and aspirations with evidence based transformation of the Youth supporting their entrepreneurship acumen. The winning Co-op organization must have been adding value to them through various vocational training, technical and soft skills in MSME development, farming, marketing, processing, and cottage industries. |
| 16. | Most Outstanding
Student Cooperative Society of the Year |
This award goes to the Student Cooperative Organization in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning society must have shown they are prudent in running the student cooperative with the ability to get more student engaged in the enterprise and learn more about running a business from school. They must have shown evidence that the student cooperative is duly runned by them without any interference of the school authority. They made surplus and declare dividend to student members |
| 17. | Best Upcoming Society of the Year | This award goes to the best society that was registered under three (3) years or since registrations has a 3 years consistent Annual Account & Returns audited by the Department of Cooperatives of the domiciling state of the society that shows strong financial performances with good governance strategy. The winning society must have shown they have laid a good foundation to be successful and have a clear business plan and budgeting showing their growth strategy with a feasible five (5) years work plan to achieve it. |
| 18. | Cooperative Operations Software of the Year | This Award goes to the best cooperative operations software with the most simplest user-friendly modules and functionalities, that is efficient and proficient in design and specifically developed for cooperative day to day operations that is cost effective, mobile adaptive and provides interface with members 24/7 online access to get information at the go. |
| SECTION (2) TWO | COOPERATIVE REGULATORS & INSTITUTIONS | |
| 19. | Most Outstanding Governor of the Year | This Award goes to the most outstanding Governor who provide enabling environment for cooperative to thrive and flourish within the state, with constant updated cooperatives bills being signed into law and ensuring regulatory guidelines adhered to by cooperatives. The winning Governor must have significantly over time supported and supporting the cooperative department/ministry and movement in their state and Nigeria as a whole. |
| 20. | Most Outstanding Legislator of the Year | This award goes to a notable legislator (federal or state) who has promoted or promoting a cooperative bill selflessly, which seeks to help the growth and development of the cooperative movement. |
| 21. | Most Outstanding
Cooperative Department of the Year |
This award goes to the most outstanding Cooperative Department that discharge their regulatory duties effectively and efficiently using technology to track cooperatives with an updated data base. The winning Cooperative Department must have ensure with the collaborative effort of the cooperative movement pushed for an updated Coop Laws and embarked on Cooperative Education, Training and providing Information to members, employees and the masses to improve the level of Cooperative awareness that would lead to more growth and development of cooperatives in the state and Nigeria. |
| 22. | Most Outstanding
Cooperative Institution of the Year |
This award goes to the Institution of higher learning that offers Cooperative as a Course of Study either in Cooperative Colleges (State or Federal) or Department of Cooperatives in (Universities and Polytechnics) that ensures an enabling environment for all cooperative student to thrive better at learning the course and put practical knowledge to play. The winning Institution must have ensured at least a Student Consumer society, Student Savings Club and, or Student Cooperative Farms to be on ground for the students cooperative knowledge bridge and practical training before graduation. |
| SECTION (3) THREE | MOST OUTSTANDING SECTOR BASED AWARDS | |
| 23. | Agriculture/Farming Sector | This award goes to the most outstanding Cooperative in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning cooperative organization be a farmers society or a multipurpose that diversified into agriculture/farming business for food security contributing to SDGs and boosting the cooperative revenue. The use of Mechanized farming techniques and technology should feature in their food production strategy. |
| 24. | Credit Union/Micro-Finance Sector | This award goes to the most outstanding Cooperative Society in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning Cooperative organization must have demonstrated innovation in the operations of financial cooperative model through micro which has aid financial inclusion through bringing the unbanked and under-banked to the cooperative space, that can be emulated and replicated by other cooperatives who which to run the model successfully. |
| 25. | Housing/Building Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative with a major housing scheme project for its member that falls within the year in review, built with the mindset of achieving the global sustainable development goals (SDGs). The winning cooperative must have significantly invested in the housing sector with a vision to meet the housing need of its members and a projection to ensure housing for all. |
| 26. | Fisheries Sector | This award goes to the Cooperative in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning Cooperative organization must have been in fish farming and processing bridging the huge gap that is being met by importation, reducing post-harvest lost through processing, increasing domestic fish production and saving the nation of foreign exchange and above all generation of employments for its members and others indirectly. |
| 27. | Oil & Gas Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative Society in the Oil & Gas Sector in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has impacted meaningfully to their members socio-economic needs and aspirations with evidence based transformation, supporting their entrepreneurship acumen. |
| 28. | Aviation Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative Society in the Aviation Sector in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has impacted meaningfully to their member’s socio-economic needs and aspirations with evidence based transformation, supporting their entrepreneurship acumen. |
| 29. | Telecoms Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative society in the Telecoms Sector in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. That has impacted meaningfully to their members socio-economic needs and aspirations with evidence based transformation, supporting their entrepreneurship acumen. |
| 30. | Health Care/Social Services Sector | This award goes to the most outstanding Cooperative Health Sector based in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning Cooperative Organization must have distinctively embarked on project and, or initiative within the healthcare and social services sector that would meet the health care needs of its members and that of the community they operates . |
| 31. | Consumer Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Consumer Cooperative in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. The winning Cooperative Organization must have shown that they are meeting the consumer needs of their members and the community where they operate. |
| 32. | Transportation Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Transport Cooperative Sector based in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. |
| 33 | Banking Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Banking Sector based in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. |
| 34. | Food & Beverages Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Foods & Beverages Sector based in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. |
| 35. | Educational Sector | This award goes to the Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Educational Sector based in Nigeria which has generally demonstrated a high performance across various metrics, both qualitative and quantitative. |
| SECTION (4) FOUR | SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS TO SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS | |
| 36. | Co-operative Legends/ Icons | This Award goes to the Cooperative Leaders of repute (Living or Dead) who served the cooperators in their active life and must have left some legacy(ies) behind for the upcoming generation to see and look up to that would warrant them to be our role model. |
| 37. | Best Governor of the Year | This award goes to the Governor in Nigeria who has supported the growth and development of cooperatives. The winning governor must have introduced a significant initiative, take deliberate or specific action that favors the cooperative movement yearnings. They must have used the cooperative model to reach out to the grassroots by empowering and enriching lives of the masses bringing all to the cooperative fold. |
| 38. | Co-operative Consultant of the Year | This award goes to the Cooperative Consultant that has used their faculty to improve on the expertise of cooperative management committees, employees and the general public. The winning consultant must have consistently overtime been providing education, training and information to cooperatives and co-operators in order to bring about cooperative development and growth. In addition, have been providing mentoring and teaching leadership succession plan to cooperatives |
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Most Outstanding Cooperative Leadership Award (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels) |
This award goes to the most outstanding cooperative leader with innovative initiatives that has made a lot of giant strides in their primary, secondary or Tertiary Cooperatives, who has passed through the rank and file of the Cooperative structures from the local to the regional and , or national level demonstrating cooperation among cooperatives principles and advancing cooperative development and growth in Nigeria. |
| 40. | Most Outstanding Exemplary Leadership Award | This award goes to Most Outstanding Personality that has distinguished themselves in their chosen career path and have leave landmarks that are philanthropist in their own little way making difference in the lives of the masses through creating of jobs and charity works to lift othersto be successful. |
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Cooperative Advocators Awards · Cooperative Personality of the Year · Cooperative Man of the Year · Cooperative Woman of the Year · Cooperative Advocate of the Year
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This award goes to a worthy ambassador of cooperatives that has helped or helping in propagating the growth and development of Cooperative directly or indirectly, that has shown selfless and exemplary leadership in all ramifications demonstrating good governance and clear cut strategies of promoting cooperatives across board in Nigeria. The personality might be in other relative sector, a Cooperator in the cooperative movement or a regulator at (Federal or State Government Level, Serving or Retired) |
| SECTION (5) FIVE | SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS TO SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS | |
| 42. | Most Outstanding
Host Organization of the Year
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This award goes to the Cooperative Society Host Organization which has in one way or the other supported or supporting their staff cooperative society tremendously such as; providing office space, furniture and fittings, grants, loans, prompt payment of staff deductions to cooperative, help in dispute resolution etc. The winning Host Organization need be the one that has genuinely over the years be a supporting organizations who believed that their staff welfare is paramount using the cooperative business model to solve their challenges. |
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Most Outstanding Media Organization of the Year |
This award goes to the Media Organization who has been fair in reporting cooperative activities and, or in addition had supported or supporting the growth and development cooperative business model through allowing their staff to form Cooperative Society to carter for their welfare. |
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Most Outstanding Company of the Year (Co-operative Innovations & Supports ) |
This award goes to the Organization which in one way or the other brought new innovations to support cooperative smooth operations and have developed a solution that added more value to their functionality. The winning Organization need be the one that has genuinely over the years supported and still supporting cooperative organizations programs and helping them to achieve financial inclusion in Nigeria |
| 45. | Most Outstanding Bank of the Year
(Co-operative Friendly Product) |
This Category of Awards is for Banks who supports and encourage cooperative societies, avail societies with credit facilities to improve their economic status. Banks that provides special products and services that are cooperatives and cooperators friendly. More importantly that encourage their staff to form cooperative as a means to meet their economic and social needs and aspirations. |
| 46. | Most Outstanding
Insurance Company of the Year ( Co-operative Insurers) |
This Category of Award is for Insurance Companies who has special product and services design to mitigate unforeseen losses that could occur in the operations of cooperative societies, also Insurance Companies that encourage cooperative society as a form of staff welfare – For them to meet urgent economic and social needs. |
| 47. | Most Outstanding
Telecoms Company of the Year |
This Category of Awards goes to the Telecoms Company who provides special products and services that are cooperatives and cooperators friendly. The winning Telecoms company must have specifically design a product for the cooperatives and as well encouraged their staff to form cooperative as a means to meet their welfare needs |
| SECTION (6) SIX | SPECIAL LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION AS CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS | |
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Most Outstanding Comedy Show of the Year |
This award goes to the co-operators’ choice of the most outstanding celebrity and their show, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and leadership recognition award having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to impact on the lives of others positively, investing in them to greater heights. |
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Most Outstanding Comedian of the Year |
This award goes to the cooperators choice of the most outstanding celebrity, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and award having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to impact on the lives of others positively to greater heights. |
| 50. | Most Outstanding Thespian of the Year | This award goes to the cooperators choice of the most outstanding celebrity, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and award having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to impact on the lives of others positively to greater heights. |
| 51. | Inspirational Musician of the Year | This award goes to the cooperators choice of the most outstanding celebrity, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and award having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to impact on the lives of others positively to greater heights. |
| 52. | Tourism/Cultural Personality of the Year | This award goes to the cooperators choice of the most outstanding personality, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and award to be an ambassador for the Cooperative sector, having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to change the game, made impact on the lives of others positively to greater heights and to be recognized for their own little contributions to the development of their industry and growth of the economy. |
| 53. | Entertainment/Lifestyle Personality of the Year | This award goes to the cooperators choice of the most outstanding celebrity, whom they admire in Nigeria and believed is worthy of a national honor and award having distinguished themselves despite all odds in their chosen career path, still used their talents and creativity to impact on the lives of others positively to greater heights. |
