Presenting the award to the Executive Chairman of PPSMB by Daniel Ukwu leadership Foundation in her office, a director in the foundation, Mr Okolo Norbert, described Dr. Ugwuanyi as a round peg in a round hole as far as administration in education is concerned.

He continued further to praise Dr. Ugwuanyi and her team for tackling indiscipline and truancy amongst teachers, which is today yielding positive results in teachers that are now very much busy with what they were recruited for.

All these equally translated to Enugu State being ranked the best state in Educational Performance with the students winning national honors and also in the released WAEC results that gave Enugu state first in South East and second in the whole of Nigeria.

In the same vain, the foundation also applauded the outstanding leadership and transformation agenda of Dr. Ugwuanyi in organizing Capacity Building Workshop for Principals of secondary schools in the state to acquire new leadership skills and current developments in the management of educational institutions. The Directors in the board were also part of the workshops aimed at improving their performance and management of their various Departments for overall excellent outputs.

The foundation mentioned other outstanding achievements of Dr Ugwuanyi and her management such as CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS IN THE SIX EDUCATIONAL ZONES, BUILDING OF A THREE THOUSAND CAPACITY CONFERENCE CENTER, STRICT IN TEACHERS MONITORING SYSTEM, REHABILITATION OF INFRASTRUCTURES, INITIATION of the SKILL FEST targeted at "one student, one skill" and improved welfare for the staff and teachers.

However, in her reaction, Dr. Favour Ugwuanyi thanked the foundation for the award, and dedicated it to all those that have worked tirelessly for the upliftment of Education in Enugu State. She went further to express her gratitude to the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the opportunity he gave to her to serve in that capacity.

According to Dr. Ugwuanyi in her closing remarks, she promised never to relent in her services to humanity.

Juliet Hamunachi Enyi

(PRO, PPSMB ENUGU)