Dare bags Democracy Heroes award

Another Honour  has come the way of the  Honourable  Minister  of Youth and sports Development Chief Sunday Dare as he has been recognized as the Most Outstanding  Minister  of the President  Mohammadu Buhari – led administration.

The Minister  was honoured for bringing innovation, changes and dynamism to the Ministry  of Youth and Sports despite lean resources.

The award was  confered on Dare on Thursday, June 10th at  a colourful ceremony  at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja as part of activities to mark  Democracy Day  celebrations.

The  Democracy  Heroes  Award Africa which is the 9th edition also  recognized other eminent Nigerians for promoting  good governance and deepning  democracy.

Those honoured alongside Dare  include Minister  of State, Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika who got the iconic Minister  of the year Award, Engineer  Umar Dikko,  Mr. Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi,  Director General of National  Information Technology  Agency,  person of the year.

Dare had previously won the award as a journalist for championing the  enthronement of democracy during the Military era.

An elated Dare said he was humbled, encouraged and inspired to do more for the Development  of sports  and the Empowerment  of youth in the country.

He thanked President  Muhammadu Buhari  for giving him the opportunity  to contribute  his quota to the development  of  the country and delivery  of democratic  dividends.