Zongo Youth Month ‘21: Baba Sadiq emerges Zongo Person of the Year
The annual Zongo Youth Month celebrations organized by Change for Zongo Youth in partnership with Zongo Focus and Zongo Inspirational Team (ZIT) to acknowledge and celebrate young Zongo achievers came off on Saturday,18th December, 2021 with Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abubakar, founder of 3Music Awards, emerging as Zongo Person of the Year among a tall list of others.
The Zongo Youth Day Out which is part of the Zongo Youth Month celebration took place at the Wembly Sports Complex, Kotobabi, Accra.
Guest Speaker, Alhaji Rabiu Maude, spoke on the theme “Creating an enabling economic environment for the Zongo youth”
The celebration of the Zongo Youth Month began in 2016, to change the narrative about Zongo people, by telling the Zongo story, through recognizing and celebrating the achievements and efforts of young and brilliant Zongo people, who far outnumber the few notorious ones.
“It’s about honoring change makers from our communities, who are excelling in their chosen fields. Their positive impact and the effect of what they do on younger ones is of immense importance.” Ijahra Larry, a convener of the Zongo Youth Month said
The Zongo Youth Day Out is designed to promote networking and collaboration among Zongo youth. The day was characterized by a Zongo Business Exhibition, honoring of change makers and socializing.
Ijahra noted the progress in level of participation in the business exhibition “this year, like previous years", indicating that the "Zongo business exhibition brings together businesses from the Zongo communities to come and display their products and services for patronage and also awareness creation. It also exposes them for support and investments” from interested persons.
Businesses such as Ansam Naturals, Zee Natural Juice, Fathur Rahman Ventures, Z’s Cakes, Zakky Food Processing, imartgh, Jadore Cosmetics and many others were present to display their products and services.
Young personalities like Asmau Ayub, Psychologist, Bansi Abdul Hamid Abubakar , Farmer, Miftaw Adam (Muftyy), Ali Sabit, Salwa Abdullah,Graduate, Zahra Hassan of Jadore Cosmetics, Suad Salih, Author, Adiza Kuburah Braimah, Founder of ZANGWOLEAP were recognized for their efforts within their fields and for impact they made.
View photos from the event below:
By Kandey Alhassan
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