•Governor rewards her with automobile, home
•I really feel so blessed as a Lagosian, says Nubi
Segun James
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has named a United Kingdom-based Nigerian solo driver on a highway journey from London to Lagos, Ms. Pelumi Nubi, as Lagos Tourism Ambassador.
Sanwo-Olu, additionally introduced a home and a branded LAGRIDE automobile with the personalised quantity plate NUBI 9JA to the 28-year-old adventurer.
Based on a press release yesterday, the Governor assured the journey content material creator that the Lagos State Authorities would write off the complete invoice for her solo drive from London to Lagos.
Sanwo-Olu made the announcement when Pelumi Nubi, accompanied by her dad and mom, Prof. Timothy and Olubukola; CEO/Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Fee, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and Vice Chancellor of the College of Lagos, Prof. Folashade Ogunsola, amongst others, paid a courtesy go to at Lagos Home, Marina.
He charged Pelumi Nubi to make use of her platform to showcase the wealthy cultural values and aesthetics of Lagos to the world, that are a part of her tasks as Lagos Tourism Ambassador.
Sanwo-Olu, stated President Bola Tinubu was conscious that Pelumi Nubi was again within the nation, and the President was prepared to satisfy together with her.
He stated Lagos’ gesture to the 28-year-old Pelumi was not likely in regards to the presents and heroic welcome given to her, however to encourage extra girls to interrupt boundaries and compete favourably with their male counterparts in any sphere of life.
“Your expertise and journey, which lasted over 68 days, are certainly very inspirational, and you’ve got truly shifted mountains. That is certainly a real African and Lagos spirit that you just demonstrated. It’s a true Nigerian functionality that you’ve demonstrated, however extra importantly, this can be a story of Lagos no dey carry final.
“For us in Lagos, we’ll work together with your planners to see how we additional have fun you. And it isn’t actually about you being the one celebrating; it’s in regards to the future. It’s in regards to the girl-child. It’s in regards to the energy of potentialities. It’s in regards to the energy of the thoughts. You’re a full African story that we will showcase,” Sanwo-Olu stated.
Responding to the nice gesture by the Lagos State Authorities, the visibly delighted Pelumi Nubi, who couldn’t include her tears of pleasure, appreciated Sanwo-Olu and the State Authorities for making her Lagos Tourism Ambassador and giving her a automobile and a home.
She stated, “Actually, it’s simply wonderful emotions. I wasn’t anticipating this; it was simply imagined to be a courtesy go to to thank the Governor for his kindness up to now. So making me a Lagos Tourism Ambassador and giving me a automobile, home, and plenty of extra blows my thoughts. I’m so grateful.
“Actually, I really feel so blessed as a Lagosian. I really feel so blessed that I’ve finished this London to Lagos highway journey, and my honest due to Governor Sanwo-Olu, President Bola Tinubu, and everybody that has made this occur. My recommendation to the youth, particularly women, is, Go for it.”
Nubi appreciated Nigerians, notably Lagos residents, for supporting her and for trooping out in massive numbers to welcome her on the Nigeria/Benin Republic in Seme Border in Lagos State.
She promised that the tip of her solo journey would gear her as much as promote the Africa continent, Nigeria, and Lagos, particularly being the industrial nerve heart of the nation.
Additionally talking, Dabiri-Erewa, applauded Pelumi for her bravery and braveness, noting that her automobile for the journey could be positioned within the Lagos Museum. She stated the Nigerian Authorities was solidly behind her all through the journey, which lasted for over two months.
The Vice Chancellor of UNILAG, Prof. Ogunsola, stated Pelumi was a task mannequin to the younger era, and that was why the establishment celebrated her entry into Nigeria on Sunday.
She counseled Sanwo-Olu and the Lagos Authorities for giving Pelumi a hero’s welcome, saying the College of Lagos was happy with her.
Pelumi’s father, Prof. Timothy Nubi, additionally appreciated Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, and all the federal government officers and establishments on the federal and state ranges for his or her help throughout her daughter’s solo drive journey from London to Lagos.
Pelumi Nubi started her solo journey from London, the UK, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Nubi’s highway manifest from the UK took her by means of France and Spain in Europe and into Africa by means of Morocco. She drove throughout Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and eventually Lagos, Nigeria.
The 28-year-old Nubi was given a hero’s welcome on the Seme border, Badagry on Sunday by a whole lot of Lagos residents, who trooped out to have fun her braveness and dedication in setting a file as the primary black girl to drive from London to Lagos.