Monday, September 30, 2013

Uduaghan, Ogunseye, Omawummi for ‘Future Award Africa’

The daughter of Delta State Governor, Orode Uduaghan-Okpu, music star, Omawunmi, Chief Executive Officer, Bella Nija, Uche Pedro,the Sunday Editor of The Punch Newspaper, Toyosi Ogunseye and Africa’s  youngest billionaire, Ashish J. Thakkar have been listed  for the 2013 Future Award Africa.
The Executive Director of The Future Projects, Chude Jideonwo, made this known on Thursday while unveiling the lists of nominees for the awards slated to hold on  29 September and 6 October.
He said, “after the nominations, there was a period of intense research and verification of nominees before the final selection process, but thanks to the Independent Audit Committee and the Board of Judges.  They worked tirelessly over two months and are proud of the process.”
The members of the committee are – Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu; a former Governorship aspirant in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje; Stanbic IBTC director Yemi Osindero; and LEAP Africa founder Ndidi Nwuneli amongst others.
“All the nominees deserved to win and we are immensely inspired by them as the vetting process has been daunting, and the intense scrutiny that successful nominees have gone through has been illuminating for them as well. We stressed the importance of a combination of structure, quantifiable measures of success and impact, to get the most inspiring and worthy to rise to the top,” he added.
Jideonwo said the decision to move the award to continental level was taken after visiting Ghana, South Africa and Ethiopia.”Seeing the great synergy and impact an Africa-wide awards would have on Africans, especially youths who have distinguished themselves in their various endeavors is captivating, ” he stated.

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