Queen of England awards four Nigerians

Firstclass newsline gathered that four Nigerians will be presented the
inaugural Queen's Young Leaders Awards, on Monday, at the United
Kingdom's Buckingham Palace.
The awards will be presented by the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth
II. The four Nigerians are: Isaiah Owolabi, Kelvin Ogholi, Nkechikwu
Azinge and Oladipupo Ajiroba.
According to a statement issued by the QYL, the awards are being given
to exceptional young people from across the Commonwealth. Apart from
the four beneficiaries from Nigeria, Canada, India, Cameroon and South
Africa have three winners each.
The award winners aged between 18 and 29 are being recognised by the
UK monarch for taking the initiative to support others, raise
awareness and inspire change on a variety of different issues
including education, gender equality, mental health and disability
equality.
"We are very much looking forward to welcoming the first Queen's Young
Leaders to London on the 22nd (of June). It will be such an honour to
witness these exceptional young people receiving their awards from Her
Majesty the Queen for their incredible work in their countries and
across the Commonwealth," the Executive of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond
Jubilee Trust, Dr. Astrid Bonfield, said.
One of the winners, Owolabi, a co-founder of Hacey's Health
Initiative, told firstclass newsline , during a courtesy visit on
Wednesday by the British High Commission represented by Theresa
Adeniyi and the QYL Nigerian ambassador, Stephanie Okereke-Linus, that
the QYL award placed further responsibilities on him.
"The success is collective. I am happy and also surprised by the
award. I see the award as a bigger responsibility and an opportunity
to further impact on the life of others. This award will provide
needed boost to our efforts at the HHI to continue to engage the
public and private sectors and the people on the need to pay more
attention to health, women and girls issues in the society," he said.
In addition to meeting the UK monarch, the winners before receiving
their awards at the palace will meet the UK Prime Minister, David
Cameron, visit the UK headquarters of Twitter and the British
Broadcasting Corporation.
Firstclassnewsline.net