The Chief Executive Officer of New Horizons Nigeria, Mr Tim Akano, has bagged awards from three major umbrella bodies of Nigerian youths organisations, namely, the Council of Students Union Presidents (CSUP), Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Odua Youths Parliament (OYP) for his relentless commitment and unparalleled passion for youth empowerment.
The groups, combined together have over four million students membership in all the higher institutions across the 36 states and Abuja, 19 Northern states and across nine South West states came to recognise and honour Akano with various awards.
While NYCN conferred the title of âBarkuwan Matasan Arewa Najeriuaâ â the shield of Northern Nigerian youths, the OYP and CSUP presented awards of excellence for his numerous youth empowerment projects across Nigeria, especially in the area of ICT.
The New Horizons CEO was recently named by the Federal Government as Nigeriaâs Icon of Youth Empowerment through the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Skills Acquisitions and Empowerment Department (SAED).
In addition, Akano was named by two national newspapers during the recent celebration of University of Ife@60 as one of the best 60 alumnus of the university, while the government of Osun State during the 30th anniversary of the state included Tim Akano as one of the 30 Living Legends from Osun State.
Receiving the awards from the groups, an elated Akano said he appreciated the thought and the thinking that went into it and assured them that it would challenge him to do more.
âHelping youths to shape their future is the reason I exist and outside of that there is not much meaning again for me in life,â he said.
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