Three outstanding leaders from Africa were honoured with the 2016 African Voice UK Leadership Awards in London on Saturday, 5th November, 2016 at the Civic Centre of the Old Town Hall Stratford London.
The investiture ceremony witnessed by UK politicians and creme de la creme of the British-African communities as honours were bestowed on African leaders who were recognised for their endeavours.
Hon. Abdulmumin Jubril received the Legislative Governance Awards 2016 for his commitment to legislative duties and fight against corruption in Nigeria.
Rev. Mother Abimbola Esther Ajayi senior pastor of Love of Christ Generation Church C & S received the Community Development Awards 2016 for empowering her community in the UK.
Paul Olubunmi CEO PK Group in UK & Nigeria received the Community Enterprise Development Awards 2016 for developing enterprise and providing employment.
Abdulmumin Jubrin was honoured by African Voice newspaper UK, for his commitment to legislative duties and fight against corruption.
Reacting after receiving the award Jibrin, thanked African Voice for honouring him at “a very difficult and challenging time.” He said, “Thank you African Voice Newspaper for this award. The award is a huge morale booster because it is coming at a very difficult and challenging period.”
“It’s a period I had to leave my post as appropriations chairman of the House of Representatives, suspended through subterranean means by Speaker Yakubu Dogara and received several threats to my life by the highly placed public officials I accused of corruption.
“My offence is disagreeing with some corrupt leaders of the house including the Speaker over the 2016 budget fraud and insisting that the right thing must be done, exposing individual and systemic corruption in the house and rejecting immunity for principal officers of the house.
“Despite the difficulties I am going through, I will never be cowed to silence. I assure you I will never retreat from this worthy line of action. I shall remain committed to the fight against corruption in the House of Representatives and Nigeria as a whole.
“I dedicate this award to millions of Nigerians home and abroad who are suffering today because of the massive theft of our common wealth, budget fraud and monumental corruption in the House of Representatives which assumed an unprecedented dimension under the leadership of speaker Yakubu Dogara,” he added.
