Africa: No Winner of Day by day Belief African of the 12 months Award 2022.  

The Choice Board of the DAILY TRUST African of the 12 months Award has introduced that there isn’t a winner of the award for the yr 2022. The announcement adopted a call taken by the Board after its consideration of the works of eight finalists that have been drawn from a listing of almost 200 nominations acquired on the finish of the primary section of the choice course of in October.

A press assertion issued right now (Friday, 30^th December, 2022) stated that “after cautious consideration of the works of the eight finalists, the Choice Board has determined that there isn’t a winner of the award for 2022 as not one of the finalists met the rigorous standards for choice for the Award”.

5 of the six Choice Board members, on Tuesday, 20^th December, 2022 agreed that there was no winner after digital assessment of the credentials of the eight Africans who made it to the ultimate spherical of the choice course of.

The eight finalists have been drawn from a complete of 168 African women and men who have been nominated for the coveted Day by day Belief African of the 12 months Award, on the shut of submissions for the 2022 Award, at midnight of October 24, 2022.

Day by day Belief, a number one unbiased newspaper in Nigeria, instituted the African of the 12 months Award in 2008, to yearly recognise atypical Africans who’ve made extraordinary contributions to humanity in any area of endeavour.

The Choice Board is chaired by a former President of Botswana and winner of the Mo Ibrahim Award for Good Governance in Africa, Mr. Festus Mogae.

Different members of the Committee who signify Africa’s regional blocs are: Ambassador Mona Omar (North Africa), Mr. Amadou Mahtar Ba (West Africa), Ms. Gwen Lister (Southern Africa), and Pastor Rigobert Minani Bihuzo (Central Africa). The Chairman of the Board of Media Belief Restricted, Mal. Kabiru A Yusuf represents the Award promoters.

The African of the 12 months Award was launched by DAILY TRUST in fulfilment of the newspaper’s dedication to African unity and sustainable improvement throughout the continent. With this annual award, the newspaper hopes to entrench the tradition of selflessness amongst Africans with the goal of making a pool of role-models for others to emulate.

The maiden award was introduced to a Congolese gynaecologist, Dr. Denis Mukwege, in recognition of his exemplary humanitarian supply of free reconstructive surgical procedure to victims of rape within the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dr Mukwege went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, ten years after DAILY TRUST had recognised his outstanding humanitarian efforts.