The award was bestowed on Dangote Cement during the FIRS Special Day at the just concluded 2025 Lagos International Trade Fair held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

While honouring the company with an award in the Large Taxpayer Group, FIRS said Dangote Cement earned the recognition as one of the most compliant organisations in the country following a rigorous selection process undertaken by FIRS in collaboration with tax controllers across various jurisdictions.

Accepting the recognition award, Dangote Cement Group Head, Tax and Compliance, Mojisola Ogunlade, who led the Dangote Group team, said the award reinforces the company’s long-standing commitment to transparency, accountability, and timely tax compliance.

She expressed gratitude to FIRS for the recognition, noting that the award reflected the company’s commitment to supporting Nigeria’s development through responsible tax practices.

Ogunlade stated: “This recognition is a testament to our dedication to meeting all compliance obligations and contributing to national growth,” the representative stated.

She added: “We remain committed to strengthening our partnership with the FIRS and aligning with the standards that support a transparent and efficient tax system.”

According to her, the recognition by FIRS of organizations that are contributing to the revenue base of the country through responsible tax compliance is a collaboration that would further improve the private organisations’ commitment to performance of civic responsibility to the state and motivate others to do same.

She explained that Dangote industries Limited, DIL, has been living up to expectation and so its subsidiaries could not have done less recalling that the Group had paid over N402 billion in taxes in 2024 to the government making it the highest taxpayer in the country.

Justifying the recognition, the Dangote Tax Compliance Head pointed out that Dangote Group had achieved full compliance by implementing world-class processes that aligned with tax laws and regulations.

“These measures emphasize strict adherence to statutory timelines and aim to eliminate the costs associated with non-compliance.

“The Dangote brand is always committed to fostering a culture of tax compliance. This reflects our corporate responsibility to support government efforts in providing essential public goods and services for citizens.

“For Dangote Cement, the recognition serves as further motivation to sustain its leadership in corporate governance and its contribution to Nigeria’s economic progress,” Ogunlade concluded.

Earlier in her remarks, Dr. Lovette Onanuga, Director of the Taxpayers Service Department FIRS, highlighted the significance of this year’s recognition ceremony, describing it as a moment designed to honour organisations whose consistency and cooperation continue to drive the nation’s revenue goals.

She noted that the FIRS relied on inputs from tax controllers to identify outstanding taxpayers, adding that compliance, timeliness, and professionalism were key criteria.

According to her, “Your partnership as taxpayers is essential to helping FIRS fulfil its mandate as the government agency responsible for tax collection and remittance. That is why we deemed it important to recognise your commitment in this special way.”

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The association made the donation on Wednesday, during the 16th convocation ceremonies and Alumni Lecture held at the Folorunsho Alakija Law Faculty of the University.

The activities were lined up to celebrate the university’s academic achievements and strides made in nurturing excellence among its students.

According to the president of the alumni association, Mr. Busoye Ogunlade, they have been supporting the university with various donations.

The alumni executives also awarded some selected staff of the institution for their long-serving, dedication to the university.

Ogunlade recalled that the executives, under his leadership, purchased a set of computers for the transcripts department, to ease collection of transcripts for old students, within and outside the country.

Ogunlade, who also chairs the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, promised that the association would continue to make contributions to the development of the university.

He said the alumni website, to be launched in December 2024, would avail old students, both at home and in the Diaspora, the opportunity to bond, towards achieving a greater goal as a body.

Ogunlade, while handing over the bus to the Vice-Chancellor, said that the school authorities alone could not provide all the needs of the institution, urging all old students to endeavour to contribute to the development of their alma mater.

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He noted that “to meet the increasing demand for quality education, the university urgently requires the support of its old students, to enhance the infrastructure on its campuses.”

Ogunlade prayed that the university keeps expanding in larger strides as well as every graduate of the school.

Responding, the Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Timothy Adebayo, expressed gratitude to the Ajayi Crowther University Alumni for its contribution to the university’s development.

The vice-chancellor affirmed that the association had been a worthy partner in progress since he assumed office a few years ago.

He equally recalled that the association had made several donations towards the university.

His words: “We are grateful to the university’s alumni for purchasing this bus. It is timely and we appreciate it.”

While explaining the numerous feats of the university in the last year, the VC said the institution had signed many pacts with various bodies and institutions which had aided academic developments, stability, accreditation, and expansion of frontiers.

In the delegation of the old students was the National Secretary, Yemisi Peters, among others.

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The announcement was contained in a letter signed by the state governor.

This was just as the governor approved the appointment of Mr. Busoye Ogunlade as chairman of the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, OYSROMA, and Mr Salami Ibraheem Oladeji as chairman and Sole Administrator of the state-owned Pacesetters Transport Service.

The chairmen’s appointments were contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi.

The governor, while congratulating the new appointees, counselled them to see their appointment as a call to service.

Professor Adeyemo served as the Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment team of the Oyo State COVID-19 Taskforce.

She bagged the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Master’s degree in Veterinary Public Health (MVPH) and Ph.D. Veterinary Public Health, in 1994, 1998 and 2005 respectively from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Adeyemo, a COMSTECH distinguished scholar and the Pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships), University of Ibadan, Ibadan between 2017 and 2021, joined the services of the university in March 1999 as Lecturer Grade II in the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

She rose to the rank of a full professor in October 2011.

From August 2013 to July 2015, she was a Schlumberger Foundation-sponsored Visiting Scholar at the Center for Human and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Physiological sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

A 2013 Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeon, Nigeria and a Registered Veterinary Surgeon, Adeyemo is a Fellow of many academies, such as the International Science Council, ISC, The World Academy of Sciences, TWAS, the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Pollution Mitigation, the Nigerian Academy of Science, the African Academy of Sciences and the African Scientific Institute (ASI), USA.

She is also a member of many learned societies, including Society of Toxicology, SOT, the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, the Fisheries Society of Nigeria, FISON, the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association, WAVMA, and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, OWSDW.

Professor Adeyemo’s scholarship and leadership are around “One Health” trans-disciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms to create novel conceptual, methodological, and translational innovation at the environment-livestock-wildlife-human interface with significant policy implication for Nigeria, the African Continent, and the rest of the world.

An erudite scholar, she has many publications to her credit.

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