The Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF), an international
organization with headquarters in Ghana has announced that three distinguished
Nigerians are among the 2012 Laureate Recipients of its prestigious
“Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize”.
With the nomination of these eminent Nigerians, Alhaji Aliko
Dangote, General T.Y.Danjuma (Rtd) and Governor Godswill Akpabio, the
great continent and all Sons of Africa can bear witness and applaud
their value and unwavering pursuit of enterprise, peace, good governance, rapid
development and immense love for philanthropy.
The exalted 2012 nominated Laureates have exhibited an
exceptionally high level of public service and private spiritedness that do not
recognize tribal barriers, political colorations and religious discrimination
in their respective engagements and fields of endeavour as they relentlessly
intervene and cause social and economic interventions in the lives of people in
order to liberate them from poverty and all forms of deprivations.
The three distinguished Nigerians will be
conferred with the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize as African Laureates as
follows: The dignified Prize for the Eradication of Disease in Africa will be
conferred on Laureate Theophilus Danjuma, The glorious Prize
for African Economic development will be conferred on Laureate Aliko Dangote while
the precious Prize for Sustainable Development in Africa will be conferred on Laureate
Gov. Godswill Akpabio.
According to a release signed by Ashim Morton and published
on its website on http://www.eafgh.org/, the investiture
event will be hosted by the Presidency at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on
the December 15, 2012. African Heads of States, the leadership of the African
Union (AU), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and very eminent
dignitaries from countries across the continent will witness the conferment.
Other recipients slated for honour at this year's ceremony
include: Mo Ibrahim of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation,Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei, the
former Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
Past recipients of the notable Lifetime Africa
Achievement Prize include Laureate Desmond Tutu from South Africa, Laureate
Wole Soyinka from Nigeria, Laureate Cyril Ramaphosa from South Africa, Laureate
Dr. Kofi Annan former Secretary General of the United Nations, Laureate Ismail
Serageldin from Egypt and Laureate James Wolfensohn former President of the
World Bank