Nine eminent indigenes of Ondo State have been announced as recipients of the 2025 Hero International Award of Ondo State Outstanding Personalities of the Year, organised by Hero Magazine International in collaboration with the Nigeria Outstanding Leadership Award Platform.
The award, now in its 18th edition, recognises individuals whose achievements and contributions have made significant impacts on business, education, entrepreneurship, human capacity development, and community service.
The honourees include Mr. Femi Meshe, Managing Director/CEO of Atlas Energy Limited, who has been named Ondo State Man of the Year 2025; Mr. Akinola Folajimi, recognised as Personality of the Year in Human Capacity Development; Mr. Olasetemi Bode Thompson, honoured as Outstanding Personality of the Year in Human Resources Development; Engr. Adigun, recipient of the Pillar of Education Man of the Year award; Prince Adedeji Adesida, named Community Development Influencer of the Year 2023; and Mr. Ajayi Oluwafemi Michael, who emerged as Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year.
Others are Mr. Ayodeji Abimbola Mobayode, awarded Media Man of the Year 2025; Mr. Simon Adegun, honoured as Personality in Education of the Year 2025; and Mr. Adebiyi Alex Adedipe, who received the Outstanding Business Personality of the Year 2025 award.
The organisers noted that the awardees were selected through a rigorous screening and voting process to celebrate excellence, leadership, and service to humanity.
The presentation ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, August 31, 2025, at the De Dome Cultural Center, Alagbaka, Akure, with Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as Chief Host and elder statesman Oba Olu Falae as Chairman of the occasion.
