All is now set for the investiture of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwaibom State as the recipient of the 2012 Laureate Award in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
According to a release by the organizers of the event, Millennium Excellence Foundation, the event would be chaired by the founder/chairman of the foundation, Ambassador Ashim Morton. Expected at the event which holds at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, is the Kenyan President, His Excellency, Mwai Kibaki and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Kenya as well as top government functionaries from Akwaibom State.
Governor Akpabio,according to the foundation was honoured with the Prize for Sustainable Development in Africa because of the recognition of his commitment to creating an enabling environment in AkwaIbom State inorder to achieve sustained economic growth and sustainable development and support African efforts for peace, stability and security for his country.
Those who have received the ward in the past include, Dr. kwame Nkrumah, former president of Ghana, Mr Kofi Annan, former General Secretary of the united Nations, Professor Wole Soyinka,Dr Gabriel Igbinedion, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion among other notable African leaders.