Former President Goodluck Jonathan and some prominent Nigerians have bagged the prestigious CLIMA African 2021 Award.
Other awardees are the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Ortom; Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State; former representative of Adamawa Southern Senatorial District, Senator Grace Jackson Bent; and Raymond Dokpesi of DAAR communications.
The event, held at the Shehu Musa Yaradua Center, Abuja attracted leading personalities, including politicians, captains of industry and businessmen from across the country.
Hundreds of Bent’s supporters, who thronged the venue of the award, were shouting ‘Sai Googo Grace,’ meaning our big aunty on top.
Jonathan and others were honoured with the award for their outstanding achievements and impacts on humanity.
Bent was described in her citation as a political workhorse, commanding the respect and adulation of many who have known her for decades.
Her citation read in parts, “Distinguished Senator Grace is a rare political activist who openly savours the tough trust of party politics. She bowed to the pressure for contesting an elective office and took the bull by the horns, against all odds staring into her face to become the first female Senator from Adamawa State.
“The first female senator from the NorthEast geo-political zone in Nigeria and the first female Senator based on marital affiliation from Northern Nigeria, a rare feat that has never been recorded in Nigeria, despite the so-called glass ceilings against the Nigerian women.
“She is a very practical Christian and a very strong and incurable believer in Jesus Christ as her Lord and personal Savior.”
