PRES. TRUMP AWARDED INAUGURAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE AT WORLD CUP DRAW IN WASHINGTON . (PHOTOS).
President Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup draw in Washington Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. “This is your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino said, after Trump took the stage to accept the trophy, a medal and certificate. “There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.” FIFA says the prize is for “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”. Accepting the award, Trump called it “one of the great honours of my life”, before claiming to have “saved millions and millions of lives – the Congo is an example, over 10 million people killed and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. India and Pakistan, so many diffe...
Declaring the COWLSO conference open,wife of the President,Hajiya Aishat Buhari,said the COWLSO has emerged as of the many things that have put Lagos in the unique class of excellence.''What strikes me the most about the committee is that,it is an intellectual and philanthropic association,established to complement the efforts of the Lagos State Government to improve the welfare and well-being of the good people of this state,'' she said.The President's wife who was represented by the wife of the Governor of Imo State,Mrs Nkechi Okorocha,said the importance of strong family values must continue to be emphasized,saying that the absence of it gives rise to the challenges of poverty,crime and declining school performance.Earlier in her remarks,Wife of the Governor of Lagos State,Mrs Bolanle Ambode said the theme of the Conference,'Strong Family,Strong Nation',was carefully chosen in recognition of the fact that the strength of a nation is linked to the strength of its family units.Mrs Ambode,who is also the Chairman of COWLSO,traced most of the social challenges currently confronting the nation,including drug addiction,cultism,teenage pregnancy,kidnapping,child abuse,domestic violence,armed robbery and others have their foundation in dysfunctional family units.''When family units are bound together in love and children are raised in the fear of God and high socio-moral values,it begets a good and peaceful society and country,where social vices are reduced to the barest minimum.To build a strong and virile country therefore,we must go back and build strong family units,;; Mrs Ambode said.Highlight of the event was the presentation of the Inspirational Women of the Year Award to Mrs Tara Fela-Durotoye and the investiture of Senator Oluremi Tinubu as the Grand Matron of COWLSO.More photos below
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