UK TRUMPET NEWSPAPER TO HONOUR LAMIDO, KWANKWASO, AKPABIO ON MAY 30

...KAWU SUMAILA, SABO NAKUDO TOO

Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

The governors of Kano, Jigawa and Akwa Ibom states, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Alhaji Sule Lamido and Mr. Godswill Akpabio respectively are among a few global notable personalities who are expected to be conferred with this year’s Trumpet Leadership Award in the United Kingdom next month.

Two members of the House of Representatives, Abdulrahaman Kawu Sumaila, Deputy Minority Leader representing Takai/Sumaila constituency of Kano state and Sabo Mohammed Nakudu, chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise representing Buji/Birnin Kudu constituency of Jigawa state would also be honoured.

According to the Founder/CEO of the UK based newspaper, The Trumpet, Mr. ‘Femi Okutubo; organizers of the high octane event scheduled for Hilton London Paddington,  in London on Friday, May 30, this year, the Mayor of London is expected to grace the occasion among the high profile guests.

Alhaji Sule Lamido

He disclosed that the award evening will also incorporate a slot during which the vast trade, investment and tourism potentials of Kano, Jigawa and Akwa Ibom states would be showcased to attendees at the event.

In a conferment letter sent to the governors, Okutubo said, “Trumpet Media Group was established in the UK in 1995 largely because the achievements of Africans, Nigerians especially, were not being adequately promoted by the main stream British media.

“To counter this trend, and to promote the vast positive talents among Africans in the continent and the diaspora, the Trumpet Media Group came to be. 20 years on, we are proud to note that Africans are being treated with a lot more respect and importance.”

Mr. Godswill Akpabio

He also revealed that the anti-apartheid leader and former South Africa President, late Dr. Nelson Mandela, Professor George Kirya, Henry Annan, Ovation publisher Dele Momodu, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, singer/actress, Patti Boulaye and late medical guru, Professor Thomas Adeoye Lambo, Paralympic gold medalists Ade Adepitan, Anthonia Okonma of Bad Girls as well as Cyril Nri of The Bill are some of the past recipients of Trumpet Group's awards which also include the Gathering of Africa's Best (GAB) Awards.

 The Trumpet Leadership Awards organizer also listed Right Honourables Simon Hughes, Dianne Abbott (both of British Parliament), William Hague (then leader of the Conservative Party), Erelu Lola Ayonrinde - a Nigerian two-time Mayor of the London Borough of Wandsworth, John Bowis (MEP), His Royal Highness, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi - the Alaafin of Oyo, former Nigeria Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, soccer legend - John Fashanu, the Heads of Mission of Uganda, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Namibia and Egypt as among the guests that have graced the event in the past.

Trumpet's Head of Special Events, Natalie Saunders said the Trumpet Leadership Award (TLA) has come a long way having attracted the crème-d-la-crème in and outside UK annually, adding that it provides an opportunity to showcase investment opportunities in Africa; with a platform to reach a potential audience of over ten million people through media coverage.

Kawu Sumaila

Saunders added that Trumpet Leadership Awards guarantees an evening of recognition, entertainment and enlightenment as well as being a networking event of top Africans and friends of Africa from the continent and the diaspora.

Also speaking, Nigerian Coordinator to the project, Salihu Othman Isah, CEO, Jarat Marketing Services assured that the state governors would have golden opportunity to let the global audience know the dividends of democracy they have provided the people of their various states.

Isah, who is the National Vice President, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) whose stage name is Hotman also pledged a special package where the governors and their delegations from Nigeria would meet with some London Mayors and other top government functionaries in the United Kingdom as well as business owners and potential investors to cross fertilize ideas.

“They would also have the opportunity to network with financial institutions with the capability to provide financing for different sectors of the state’s economy, promote their rich cultural heritage through fashion parade and or cultural display.

“Of course, they would also be received by their indigenes living in the UK through their unions and associations and get to rub minds on how to ensure greater participation in the affairs of their respective states”, Hotman concluded.