Zuriel
Oduwole, Heritage Bank’s brand ambassador, has concluded her latest
6-nation tour through which she sought to drum up support for the
Girl-Child education via her #followTheBallForEducation campaign. Zuriel’s latest campaign ended on a colourful note on Thursday, July 31 in Port Harcourt - Rivers State.
During
the campaign which lasted over 6 weeks, Zuriel visited USA, Brazil,
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa on 3 continents. She
arrived in Nigeria penultimate Saturday for the last leg, starting first
at the Lagos House in Marina, where she was received by the First Lady -
Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, who commended her incredible and stellar
efforts, and signed the ball on behalf of the people of Lagos.
Zuriel
headed to Port Harcourt, the venue city of the 2014 World Book Capital,
where she met the project director - Mrs. Koko Kalango. She was
formally made a Goodwill Ambassador for the Rainbow Book Club, and would
use her initiative and developing global influence to encourage reading
across all ages.
In the evening, she met with the Rivers State governor - Rotimi Amaechi, who also signed the Ball for Education. Also, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka, who was celebrating his 80th birthday equally met with Zuriel and signed the ball for Education.
Zuriel has
since flown out of Nigeria to witness the US-Africa Summit holding in
Washington DC, between President Barack Obama and 54 African leaders and
heads of governments.
Zurie,l who
has already met with and interviewed 1 in 6 of Africa's Presidents, is
considered the world’s most popular teenager and an emerging influential
African of note.
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