Mbeki wins Awolowo Prize for Leadership

A former president of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership.Making the revelation earlier in the week, organisers of the bi-annual event said the choice of Mbeki, likein past editions, followed a rigorous and careful screening process by a committee of respected and distinguished Nigerians which include former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Justice Muhammadu Uwais.“The Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership is an initiative of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, which was set up in April 1992 to serve as the custodian of Chief Awolowo’s intellectual and leadership legacy.“It was established as an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organisation dedicated to immortalisingthe democratic and development-oriented ideals of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.“The Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership is a prestigious, biennial, international prize structured to follow a rigorous process of nomination and subsequent screening by a Selection Committee consistingof some of the most outstanding Nigerians.”