By Anthony Ochela, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu yesterday, received visiting Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State House, Abuja.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, who stated this in a post on X social media platform said that Edward is in the country to host a series of events in Lagos from 17 – 23 November with a view to to championing the expansion of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award across the world.
Onanuga, added that the event is expected to convene almost 200 young people from more than 50 countries over the week, alongside hundreds of leaders delivering the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award globally, policymakers, and representatives from global youth movements.
He added that participants
will take part in an intensive three-day youth leadership programme, before taking part in the International Award’s triennial Forum focused on expanding access to the Award globally.
In this week’s events participation has risen by 37% in the past year, reflecting increasing interest across West Africa.
It would be recalled that last year almost 1.2 million young people in more than 130 countries took part in the Award. While young people in the UK make up around half of all participants, Kenya has the second-highest number of young people involved in the Award.
