A Nigerian man, Nnimmo Bassey wins a Norwegian human rights award, the Rafto Prize. This award was given to him to recognize his fight for the right to life, health, food and water. Bassey is the chair of Friends of the Earth International, a grassroots environmental organisation. In 2010, he was also the winner of the Right Livelihood Award, which bills itself as the Alternative Nobel Prize.'Nnimmo Bassey links human rights to the climate by demonstrating how climate change has the greatest effect on the world's most vulnerable people, the very people who have contributed least to the problem in the first place,' the Bergen-based Rafto Foundation said in a statement. This award sometimes surpasses the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is a very positive trend for the Nigerians and Africa itself. Bassey is not the only person to recieve outstanding awards, but he has made an impact for Nigerians. He has showed that no matter what the circumstances, you can still do great things and accomplish a lot. If you work hard, great things can happen.
Bassey with the Right Livelihood Award he received in 2010.
Nnimmo was a chairperson on the FOEI
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