President Jonathan awarded Grand Patron of the WAII

President Jonathan was awarded Grand Patron of the West African Insurance Institute (WAII) Wednesday in recognition of the leading role Nigeria had played in the affairs of West Africa.
The President of Sierra-Leone, Dr. Bai Koroma presented the award of the Grand Patron of the West Africa Insurance Institute (WAII), on President Goodluck Jonathan.

“Today is a special moment for me, being given the responsibility to give honour to Nigeria and my brother President Goodluck Jonathan.

“I want to say thank you to Nigeria and to my colleague, friends and brother for making me what I am today.

“The fact that I am succeeding in providing leadership in Sierra-Leone is as a result of the training I acquired from the institute and the experience that I have also acquired from what has been happening in Nigeria.

“The West Africa Insurance Institute was established some years back. We must also thank the founding fathers of the institute and incidentally a good number of them are Nigerians.

“At the establishment of the institute, support was provided by Nigeria, most of the funding and expertise that were required were provided by Nigeria.

“Today, we are here to say thank you to Nigeria and to the President for the leadership he has continued to show,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Sierra Leonean president as saying at the forum.

Koroma specially thanked Jonathan for the leadership he provided for ECOWAS and Africa at large.