Kids Win Millions in Indomie Awards to Mark Anniversary

Dufififil, makers of noodles brand – Indomie, has unveiled its new 10 Indomie Independence Day Heroes identities.The project is a social responsibility initiative of Dufififil Prima Foods Plc and it is designed to extol and support the exemplary accomplishments of children who have shown courage and determination in situations that ordinarily would bring fear.

At the 2017 edition held recently, 10 winners were rewarded with millions of naira worth of scholarship each as against three winners that were produced in previous years. This means that, three winners were awarded from each category of the award (physical bravery, social bravery and intellectual bravery). The 10th winner is for the most outstanding bravery act.

The winners for Intellectual Bravery are 13 years old Paul David from Markurdi, who invented radio station; 14 years old Joel Clement from Kano who constructed Incubator for hatching eggs. Winner for Physical Bravery are: 14 years old Zulka Mohammed from Adamawa, who saved group of children from terrorist attack; 14 years old Ubong Akpan from Akwa Ibom that saved the life of a nursing woman and Adejorin Oluwatobiloba, 15 years old that rescued a girl from kidnappers.

Other winners from Social Bravery are 15 years old Olarenwaju Oluwafemi from Ibadan who used football competitions to campaign against crimes; 12 years old John Blessing from Ogun who advocates against child abuse and 8 years old Wealth John from Nasarawa who saved a girl from child marriage. Also, Chibuoyim Nnakwe, 11 years old who saved a mother from impending death won the award for the most outstanding bravery act for the year.

In her goodwill message, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, commended and congratulated Dufififil Prima Foods on the occasion of the 10th edition of IIDA. The Independence Day Heroes Award to Nigerian children that have shown extraordinary acts of bravery and determination in the face of danger to their lives and diffifcult challenges in the society is indeed an addition to the success story of Dufififil Prima Foods, having made Indomie a household name in Nigeria.

While delivering the keynote address at the event, the Executive Director, The Caleb Group of Schools, Mr. Graham Stothard Lagos, described the winners as ‘the wealth of the nation.’