A Nigerian teenager Remy-Chukwunyere Destiny has emerged the overall winner of the National Design Competition organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the United Nations in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art.
The award was presented to him at the UN House, Abuja by the Director of WIPO Nigeria Office, Mr. Oluwatobiloba Moody during the 2024 World IP Day event, which had the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi; former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Director General of WIPO, Goeffrey Onyeama; the UNICEF Nigeria Country Director, Cristian Munduat and many more in attendance.
The 16- year-old Destiny won the overall best prize in the Professional Category of the National Design Competition with the theme, IP and Sustainable Development: Designing the Nigeria of my Dreams.
Speaking to newsmen, his father and Executive Director of the Ugwumba Leadership Centre, Remy Chukwunyere, said his family is dedicating the award to his boss, His Excellency, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu for supporting Destiny in his art and design career right from the beginning.
Speaking exclusively with “Precious Eze’s Blog”, Remy Chukwunyere said, “winning the National Award from a United Nations agency at the age of 16 is a sign that I have done well as a father and as a startups development mentor.
Remy Destiny this platform was told, entered for the professional category because he had just finished from secondary school as at October last year when the competition happened.
He is now in 100 levels at the University of Abuja, studying Computer Science.
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