FG Hails Omotola, Mo’ Abudu, Adichie On Awards

The Federal Government has congratulated Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Mo Abudu and Chimamanda Adichie for winning the Variety Magazine Award.
According to the magazine, these women are among the 50 women doing extraordinary things on the world stage.
In a statement released recently March 11, 2018, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed described the women as “Ironic women in creative industry”. He also congratulated Chimamanda Adichie for her novel ‘Americanah which was listed in the New York Times list of 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century.
The minister said that the already well adorned cap of Chimamanda Adichie had been further festooned. He noted that women were role models whose achievements would inspire a generation of young Nigerians to also do extra ordinary things.
“Of more importance is the fact that these women’s achievements have transcended gender nationality or race placing them on the profound class of global timeless achievers”, Lai Mohammed said.
He further stated that the great honour bestowed on the women would focus world attention on the nation’s burgeoning creative industry thus placing it on the right pedestral to take the world by storm.