Nollywood superstar Funke Akindele aka ‘Jenifa’ has been presented with the award of Fellow of the ShaddaiVille Leadership Academy. The award plaque was presented to her on Sunday June 25, 2023 by Mrs. Taiwo Oladele Hamilton, wife of the President, ShaddaiVille Ministries International, during the 22nd graduation ceremony of the global leadership academy.
Akindele is the actress with the highest number of awards (six of them) at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, AMVCA, and has grossed over a billion naira at the box office with movies like Your Excellency, Omo Ghetto, The Saga and Battle on Buka Street.
Presenting the award to her, Hamilton said: “This is in recognition of your exceptional professional accomplishments, and ShaddaiVille hereby honours you with this award as Fellow of the ShaddaiVille Leadership Academy.”
According to Dr. Precious Iluku, CFO, Kuda Microfinance Bank and Director of Studies, ShaddaiVille Leadership Academy, “We have just graduated another set of well-trained Nigerians and presented them with certificates of Entrepreneurship and Leadership here at the Nigeria Study Centre of our London, United Kingdom registered headquarters.
“We have been raising young African leaders, especially Nigerians for free, using universal principles and training modules these past 15 years, and in the last 6-7 years, we have been hosting 9-week training sessions twice a year. We have done this in Nigeria, Germany, the United States and United Kingdom, and our alumni now live and work, making great strides across four continents, presently.”
Testifying to the impact of the academy, the Executive Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd, Engr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele who is also a Fellow of the ShaddaiVille Leadership Academy as well as Fellow, Nigeria Society of Engineers, while giving his keynote speech at the graduation and award ceremony said: “Nigeria and indeed the whole world n