{"id":23823,"date":"2025-05-20T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=23823"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:48:44","slug":"benson-awoyinka-bags-best-commissioner-of-the-year-at-excellence-recognition-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=23823","title":{"rendered":"Benson-Awoyinka Bags Best Commissioner of the Year at Excellence Recognition Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, was honoured with the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Best Commissioner of the Year<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> Award at the 21st edition of the Excellence Recognition Awards, held on Sunday at Etal Hotels and Halls, Oregun, Ikeja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Representing the Commissioner at the event was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Olanrewaju Bajulaiye, who was accompanied by senior management staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">While receiving the award on behalf of Mrs. Benson-Awoyinka, Mr. Bajulaiye praised her visionary leadership and transformational impact within the Ministry in a short period. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He described her tenure as one marked by remarkable dedication and significant achievements in advancing tourism, arts, and culture in Lagos State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Mr. Bajulaiye also commended the organisers of the award, led by Mayor Akinpelu, for their unwavering commitment to recognising excellence across various sectors in Lagos State. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThis platform continues to be a strong testament to the consistency of excellence and a celebration of industry trailblazers,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Permanent Secretary further emphasised that tourism and culture play a vital role in driving inclusive and sustainable development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He highlighted the sector\u2019s potential for youth engagement and its role in positioning Lagos as a premier destination for cultural tourism on the global map.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, was honoured with the Best Commissioner of the Year Award at the 21st edition of the Excellence Recognition Awards, held on Sunday at Etal Hotels and Halls, Oregun, Ikeja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10167,10731,10732],"class_list":["post-23823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-benson-awoyinka","tag-commissioner-of-the-year","tag-excellence-recognition-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23825,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23823\/revisions\/23825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}