The TFA, which is in its 13th year is the biggest youth award in Africa, which celebrates young people between the ages of 18-32 who have made outstanding achievements. The event, held on Sunday night, was hosted by BBNaija 2018 runner-up, Tobi Bakre and media personality, Bolanle Olukanni who rocked several eye-catching fashion pieces.
In clinching the ultimate prize, Samson Itodo was able to ward off opposition from the other nominees such as ace musician, Davido, Dr Mahmoud Maina, a researcher and scientist who discovered the ground breaking research in degenerative the Alzheimer disease in 2018.
There were other nominees such as Nemiatari Ajienka, the reputable youngest lecturer at the Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom and Tomi Adeyemi a Children Fiction writer. Another winner during the gala night was Ayodele Olalekan, the founder of the LAfrica Integrated Farms and project ozone. He won the Future Prize for Agriculture. Linus Unah won the Future Award Prize for Journalism, over his reportorial duties with the Guardian of U.K., Al-Jazeera and others.
The Prize for Comedy went to the child actor, Mark Angel, a comic chops with the five -year old Emmanuella. The comic has gathered over one Million subscribers on You Tube. The Prize for Fashion went to Tosin Ogundadegbe, the Head Stylist, GuarantyTrust Bank. Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, a visual artist known for her exceptional quilling work, an art that involves the use of strips of coloured papers to create stunning designs got the gong for Creativity, Prize for Screen Producer went to Ace actress, Filmmaker and producer Nadine Ibrahim while Prize for Business went to Chidi Ajaere.
The Prize for Sports was picked up by the Super Eagles Stand-In Captain, Ahmed Musa for his outstanding contributions to the national team during the 2018 World Cup. Osinbajo urges Nigerians to appreciate local talents.
After receiving the 2018 Future Awards, Itodo said it would spur him for greater responsibility. “The journey has not been easy because when we are pursuing the Not too Young to Run bill, we were met with rejection but we stood our ground until it was signed into law.
“I am advising all the youths to come out to vote come 2019 because the future of this country belongs to us, he said. The Future Awards Africa has been called the Nobel Prize for Young Africans, and the most important youth awards by Forbes.
The Future projects include Aiki.ng, an employability portal presented with Microsoft; the Nigeria Symposium for Young & Emerging Leaders, #StartupsAfrica, Intern4Jobs, YMonitor.org presented with National Endowment for Democracy (NED), The 13th edition of the award according to the organisers have been increased to 20 categories to cater for more outstanding youths in various fields.
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