AWARDEES

1. Helping People with Disability:

We believe that physical disability is not tantamount to inability. Our program is designed to provide access to people living with disability through employment and empowerment programs for the physically challenged. This initiative also earned us recognition with DFID USA as one of the few companies that have people with Disabilities as staff members.

1. Primary Healthcare:

Our primary healthcare facility in Ondo State takes a whole-of-society approach to health and well-being. We have provided free medical diagnostics, treatments and therapy to less privileged individuals and families in Akure communities, ensuring that the broader determinants of health and interrelated aspects of physical, mental and social health and wellbeing are addressed.

1. City Greening & Beautification:

For all of us to survive and prosper, we need new, intelligent urban planning that creates safe and resilient cities with green and culturally inspiring living conditions. We adopt strategic public locations, roundabouts, parks etc. and carry out clean up and tree planting exercises. We also embark on environmental sanitation campaigns and activities across Nigeria.

1. Electronic Payments:

We are involved in end to end e-payments processing, electronic platforms, card issuance and payments management infrastructure.  We consult for corporations and governments in the area of automated payments, collections and all aspects of electronic payments services.

1. LASSA FEVER DECONTAMINATION:

Ondo state during the last outbreak of Lassa fever recorded the highest cases. This was linked to the proliferation of rodents into the metropolitan cities in the state. To forestall the reoccurrence of this outbreak, ZLGA took initiative to fumigate all the markets in the major towns in Ondo State (Akure, Ondo, Ore and Owo). We also went further to evacuate ancient illegal dumpsites that serve as nesting points for rodents.

As a result of these efforts, Abiola Bashorun was appointed as member of the special committee on Lassa fever in Ondo State.

1. COVID 19 Decontamination:

Protection of life and properties is one of our core objectives as an Organization. To ensure the safety of all the citizenry of Ondo State in the recent wake of the COVID 19 Pandemic, we spare headed the decontamination of all Secondary schools across the state. We also went ahead to decontaminate all the markets, motor parks, Court Formations (High courts, customary court, Magistrate courts, etc.), Government MDA’s, Government House, Governor’s Office, INEC office (Akure), 32 Artillery Army Barracks, Airport (Akure) and other public facilities across the state. This drive also earned Abiola an appointment as a Member of the Special Committee for COVID 19 in Ondo State.

1. COVID 19 Testing HUB:

After the successful decontamination of various facilities as stated above, we went further to partner with Ondo State Government and the Ministry of Environment to set up a rapid COVID 19 test hub in the state capital. This testing center ensures the testing and the swift treatment of confirmed COVID 19 cases in the State.

1. EDUCATIONAL PROFILE

Abiola holds a First Degree (1992) from Nigeria and an MBA in International Business Development from Coventry University in the United Kingdom (2006). She has attended several trainings in prestigious institutions like Barclays Bank, UK, and Citibank among others. She has had trainings in diverse areas Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Business Ethics, Anti Money Laundering, Relationship Management, Customer Service, Small Business Wealth Management among others.

2. WORK PROFILE

Abiola has extensive work experience, spanning over twenty-four (24) years in various institutions such as Barclays Bank of the United Kingdom, Citibank of Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC Bank, UBA, Ecobank, ETB, Access Bank and Mastercard Worldwide among others. She started her career in 1993 at Nigeria’s foremost rating agency, Agusto and Co. She subsequently worked in Fountain Trust Bank before moving to Citibank in 1998. In 2001, she joined Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc as head of a relationship management unit charged with identifying viable accounts and managing selected customers through aggressive marketing. She then worked at Barclays Bank Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry, UK in 2005. On returning from UK, she worked at United Bank of Africa Plc, Bank PHB Plc, Ecobank Nigeria Plc, and Equitorial Trust Bank Ltd, and at Access Bank Plc, where, as the Group Head of the Retail Sales and Cards Channels, she was tasked with growing the retail franchise of the Group.

From Access Bank, she was head-hunted by MasterCard Worldwide to assume the position of Vice President (Prepaid Products Management) for Sub Saharan Africa. From Mastercard she worked in several organizations including as head of West African business development at ZoomLion, Ghana.  She subsequently left ZoomLion to establish ZL Global Alliance, where she has worked to grow the business tremendously since 2014. 

3. WORK ACHIEVEMENTS

Abiola won the 2005 Eagle Award at Barclays Bank UK. In Nigeria, she anchored the Retail Banking Business of UBA and Ecobank in Northern Nigeria. She also established and grew the Premier Banking Model targeted at High Net Worth Individuals at Equitorial Trust Bank.  At Access Bank she grew the retail and electronic banking business. She functioned for fourteen consecutive years at Senior Management and leadership levels, rising to the position of Assistant General Manager in the Banking Industry. As a business development consultant, she has worked with various institutions to drive business growth and restructuring initiatives. She has valuable experience in business development, strategy formulation and implementation, and organization management.