Brazzaville, Oct. 3, 2023 – President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo has conferred one of the country’s most prestigious national honours, the Officer of the Congolese Order of Merit, on Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and Dr. George Elombi, the bank’s Executive Vice President, Governance, Legal and Corporate Services.
While conferring the honours in his capacity as Grand Master of the National Orders at the decoration ceremony, Nguesso said Oramah and Elombi were being honoured for services rendered to the Congolese nation.
The ceremony featured the reading of the decree of appointment by Nguesso followed by the official presentation of the decoration medals to Oramah and Elombi.
Witnessing the ceremony were Mr. Bruno Jean Richard Itoua, the Congolese Minister for Oil & Gas, and Mr. Ludovic Ngasé, Minister for Budget, Public Accounts and Public Portfolio.
Afreximbank has been an active supporter of the development of the Congolese economy and has disbursed an aggregate of US$1.4 billion to entities operating in the finance, oil and gas and the medical services sectors.
Recently, the bank also signed an agreement to provide a US$300 million facility to Trident OGX Congo in a transaction expected to raise the Republic of Congo’s crude oil production by an estimated 30 per cent. (GBN)
Congolese President honours Afreximbank officials
