Queen Elizabeth II will present
awards to Isaiah Owolabi, Kelvin Ogholi, Nkechikwu Azinge and Oladipupo
Ajiroba.
According
to a statement made by the Queen’s Young Leaders (QYL), apart
from the four beneficiaries from Nigeria, Canada, India, Cameroon
and South
Africa have three winners each.
The
award winners are being recognised by the Queen of England for raising awareness
and inspiring 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,” Astrid Bonfield, the executive of
the Queen
Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, said.
One of the
beneficiaries, Isaiah Owolabi is a co-founder of Hacey’s Health Initiative.
On
June 17, speaking with journalists during a courtesy visit by the British High
Commission, he stressed that the award placed great 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 summed.
Before
the official meeting with the UK monarch at the palace, the winners will also
visit the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, the UK headquarters
of Twitter
and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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