With words of encouragement and praises during the decoration of his Honorary Doctorate Degree in the presence of distinguished personalities at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka 50th Convocation Ceremonies held on Saturday, March 25. The iconic banker was honoured for his immense contribution and his commitment to the change in the banking landscape in Nigeria and across the African continent. He was decorated alongside former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, and Chairman of Hobark International Limited, Dr Obiora Fubara.

This is coming on the heels of many philanthropic activities he has brought to various endeavours he has found himself without much noise. A chief banker, Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu is about the most brilliant bankers in Nigeria even though he is no longer at the helm of affairs in Zenith Bank. But those in the industry can never forget in a jiffy how powerful and influential he was and still is.

Since he joined Zenith Bank his professionalism, competence, integrity and commitment to the set objectives of the bank saw him rise swiftly between 2003 and 2005, his track record of excellence has also seen him win several individual awards, including being named Bank CEO of the Year (2019) by Champion Newspaper, Bank CEO of the Year (2020, 2021 & 2022) by BusinessDay Newspaper, CEO of the Year (2020 and 2021) – SERAS Awards, and CEO of the Year (2022) – Leadership Newspaper.