{"id":10763,"date":"2022-11-15T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=10763"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:09:18","slug":"lagos-youth-awards-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=10763","title":{"rendered":"Organizers Announce The Second Edition Of Lagos Youth Awards, LYA 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBN360<\/a>, a thriving media company managed by young people and based in Lagos, Nigeria, has formally announced the second edition of the Lagos Youth Awards<\/a> (LYA).<\/p>\n

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Last December, the maiden edition was held at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel<\/a>, Ikeja, in celebration of outstanding young people in the centre of excellence, Lagos. <\/span><\/p>\n

The maiden edition tagged ‘The Working Tribe\u2019, honoured 15 exemplary youths who have excelled in Legal Practice, Medicine, Media, Agriculture, Public Service, Governance, Tech, Entertainment, Advocacy, Entrepreneurship Arts\/Literature, and Sports. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the pioneer winners include media entrepreneur and former presidential aspirant, Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi (Most Outstanding Young Entrepreneur); the newly appointed Special Adviser to the Lagos State governor on Special Duties, Mobolaji Ogunlende (Young Person of the Year); Kosofe LGA chairman, Moyo Ogunlewe (Most Outstanding Young Person in Governance); Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Health, Dr. Tunde Ajayi, (Most Outstanding Young Person in Health); comedian and activist, Debo Adedayo (Mr. Macaroni), among others. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement, Kayode Badmus, Co-Founder\/Lead Strategist at BBN360 disclosed that this year’s edition of the Lagos Youth Awards<\/a> will be bigger and better. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We strongly believe in creating a culture of excellence among young people in Lagos. That’s what LYA<\/a> stands for. Our purpose is to celebrate disruptors, change makers and drivers of transformation across different fields of endeavour,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event promises a line-up of interesting activities including a special keynote address to be delivered by a yet-to-be-unveiled young personality.<\/span><\/p>\n

This second edition of the Lagos Youth Awards<\/a>, themed “The Disruptors” is billed to hold on December 23, 2022, at Raddison Blu Hotel<\/a> in Ikeja, Lagos, with over 1,000 participants expected to be in attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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