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| Mr. Ayo Akinfe and singer May7ven |
As
many people from all walks of life have continued to support the Nigerian
Centenary Awards UK gala dinner that will take place on June 27, Afrobeat
singer and model, May7ven, has given her backing saying that she hopes it will
serve as an inspiration to young Nigerians across the UK.
One
of Nigeria's most popular entertainers within the UK, May7even, 30, is a
singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress, model and entrepreneur. Her main
following is among the diaspora youths as she has become an icon for young
people since she won her first award at the 2009 Nigerian Music Video Award for
Best Video in Europe.
Mindful
of the fact that she is seen as a role model for Nigerian youths across the UK,
May7ven said she hopes that her association with the Nigerian Centenary Awards
UK will inspire many of them to achieve their full potentials.
On June 27 at Waltham Forest Town Hall, 100
outstanding Nigerians in the UK over the last 100 years will be honoured for
their contribution to society.
May7ven
said: "It is a great thing that the diaspora community is coming together
to honour Nigerians who have contributed immensely to both the UK and Nigeria
over the last 100 years. Among the categories in which people are being
honoured are youth leaders and entertainers, so I hope that this will inspire
many of our young people to go on and achieve their potential.
"Across
a whole raft of industries and sectors, Nigerians have distinguished themselves
as able to compete with anybody anywhere in the world and these awards will
recognise that fact. I hope that when our young people see how those who have
been rewarded for their hard work are honoured, it will spur them on to do
likewise."
According
to the award organizers, May7ven is the latest prominent Nigerian to back the
awards ceremony, as over the last week, the chairman of the House of
Representatives Diaspora Committee, Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has confirmed
she would be present at the event. Other eminent Nigerians including Professor
Wole Soyinka, AIT news presenter Lara Owoeye-Wise, Nigerian Idol judge Yinka
Davies and lawyer Bamidele Aturu are all expected too.
Ayo
Olomu, chairman of the Nigerian Centenary Awards UK organising committee's
programmes sub-committee, said: "Our event is proving very popular with
the diaspora community because they can see that it is unique. No other awards
ceremony has involved handing out honours to 100 people and no other event has
recognised this number of ordinary people who are generally overlooked."
The
chairman of the Nigerian Centenary Awards UK organising committee's awards
sub-committee,Ronke Udofia, added: "One of the things we are trying to do
with this event is to inspire our youths to reach greater heights. With someone
like May7ven who a lot of our youths look up to on board, we hope to reach out
to as many young people as possible."
In
the same vein, the secretary of the Nigerian Centenary Awards UK organising committee,
Jumoke Ariyo, urged more young Nigerians to go and nominate people for awards
at the event's website www.nigeriancentenaryawardsuk.com. She added that with
nominations closing on May 18, it is important that they do so now to ensure
that there is a respectable youth quota among the nominees.
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