Veteran Nollywood actor Ali
Nuhu and a foremost Nigerian comedian from the North, Sosthenes Ayuba have been
honoured at the 2017 edition of the Northern Nigeria Peace Awards (NNPA).
They bagged the award on Friday night in Abuja at the event organised
by Peace Ambassador Agency (PAA), an organisation that promotes national peace
and integration.
Nuhu, the Gombe State-born actor, popularly referred to by fans
as King of Kannywood, received the Northern Nigeria Actor of the Year award.
Sothenes Ayuba, who hails from Kaduna State, also the President
of Abuja Body of Comedians (ABC) was honoured with the Northern Nigeria
Comedian of the Year award.
Other recipients of the peace awards include Angela Twani as
Northern Nigeria Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year, and Rachel Bakam
honoured as the Northern Nigeria TV Presenter of the Year.
According to Mr Kinsley Amafibe, the Project Director of PAA,
the entertainment stars are recognised for their immense contributions toward
peace building using the platform of their profession.
He said that the recipients had also been involved in
humanitarian gestures over the years that had promoted peace education, and
social harmony, which was in consonance with the objectives of PAA.
The Nigerian entertainment industry has become one of our
unifying factors that bring happiness to Nigerians as crucial keys to peace, in
spite of tribal and religious differences.
Amafibe noted that besides as individuals, these celebrities
have championed some humanitarian initiatives that have impacted the society in
one way or the other.
In his remark, Ayuba expressed delight that the award was an
indication that the society was interested in whatever one did.
The peace awards, which cut across over 20 categories was also
given to other Nigerians for their contributions to peace building and
development in the North, especially in recent times. Amb. Hussaini Coomasie, Alhaji Danjuma Bawa, Mr M.D. Buhari and
Dr Olakunle Churchill of the Big Church Foundation, were among those honoured
as agents of peace in the region.
The event also feature a panel of discussion centred on
Promoting Peace, Education and Economic Development in Northern Nigeria.
The stakeholders also discussed insurgency, religious
intolerance and other vices threatening peace in the region.
Northern Nigeria Peace Awards is a flagship event of the Peace
Ambassador Agency. The Organisation promotes tolerance and peaceful coexistence
through awards, pageantry, peace education and campaigns.
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