Nigerian Female Lawyer Wins N70 Million Award For Helping Wrongfully Arrested People
- A female Nigerian human rights lawyer won the Waislitz Global Citizens’ Choice Award 2023 prize of 70 million naira
- She is the founder of an NGO that provides free legal services and support to disadvantaged incarcerated individuals
- She plans to use the award money to launch Justicepadi, a tech platform that will revolutionise legal aid in West Africa
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A Nigerian human rights lawyer, Oluwafunke Adeoye, has won the Waislitz Global Citizens’ Choice Award 2023 prize of $75,000 for her effort at ending injustice in her country.
The award was presented by the Waislitz Foundation and Global Citizen and supported by Mesoblast Limited and Unico Capital Holdings.
Source: UGC
Adeoye is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope Behind Bars Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that provides free legal services and direct support to indigent incarcerated individuals.
It also promotes criminal justice reforms through research, evidence-based advocacy, and technology.
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Nigerian lady wins N70 million
According to Adeoye, her organisation has supported over 17,000 incarcerated individuals through their numerous interventions, ranging from providing access to justice to providing welfare, support and rehabilitation, as well as reformation for ex-inmates.
“With the Waislitz Global Citizen award, I plan to fully launch Justicepadi, a tech platform that will revolutionise legal aid in West Africa and expand the organisation’s work for justice-involved individuals,” Adeoye said in a statement.
The Waislitz Global Citizen Awards are annual cash prizes totalling $250,000 that recognise the excellence of individuals in their work to end extreme poverty. The grand prize consists of $100,000 with two additional prizes at $75,000 each, for three prizes.
Two Nigerians win $500,000 worth of tech prize towards carbon emission reduction
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Samuel Adekunle and Johnson Jayeola, two brilliant Nigerians, have been announced winners of the tech-worth $500,000 See Through Carbon competition, alongside UK-based Italian tech entrepreneur Laura Degiovanni.
The See Through Carbon Competition is a unique pilot project to bring cutting-edge technology to promote carbon drawdown in the Global South.
The winners are to work with people through the projects to bring lasting positive change to the environment and improve living conditions.
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