A humanitarian, Dr. Olamide Junaid, has bagged the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence and Integrity of the West Africa Youth Council.
Junaid was also decorated as the council’s West Africa Youth Ambassador in recognition of her great advocacy for youth development and empowerment.
The award, according to the council, was in recognition and commendation of Junaid’s efforts and support for the downtrodden in the society through her O.J Foundation.
The award was presented to Junaid in Ibadan, on behalf of the council by Nigeria’s Representative of the West Africa Youth Council, Olaleru Folorunso.
Folorunso said the council took note of Junaid’s efforts to reduce the number of poor people on the continent and positive mindedness towards her immediate and outer society. He stated that the honour bestowed on her is to spur her to do more.
Responding, Junaid said her drive to support the less privileged was because she was raised in a Lagos slum hence has a firsthand knowledge of what it means to live daily on crumbs.
While promising to collaborate with other non-governmental organisations to help humanity, she called on more Nigerians to support the government in uplifting the downtrodden in the society, assuring that the honour will spur her to do more.
