Onyinye Omenugha has on Friday, received the prestigious Diana Award for her work with Lawsanaid an NGO she founded to help students with disabilities.
The 24-year-old student, still at the Nigerian Law School won the prestigious Diana Award, which annually honours outstanding young persons in the United Kingdom and around the globe.
Onyinye received the award on Friday in recognition of the nongovernmental organisation (NGO), Lawsanaid, which she founded to assist law students with disabilities in obtaining quality and inclusive education.
Inspired by the struggles of a relative, Onyinye established Lawsanaid, whose activity is consistent with the work of other Diana Award recipients that “demonstrate their ability to inspire and mobilise new generations to serve their communities and create long-lasting change on the global scene”, according to Diana Award Charity chief executive Tessy Ojo.
The Diana Award was Instituted in 1999 with erstwhile British Prime Minister Gordon as the board chairman, the award was set up in honour of Princess Diana famous for her solidarity with the marginalised.
It recognises people between 9 and 25 years who have done remarkable things which affect humanity positively, in the tradition of Prince Diana. The Diana Award Charity currently has former British Prime Minister David Cameron and ex-Scottish First Minister Jack McConnel as patrons.
Onyinye, who is a native of Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area, is the last child of Dr Mike Omenugha, a medical practitioner, and Dr Kate Azuka Omenugha, Nigeria’s second female mass communication professor who served as the Anambra State Commissioner for Education for eight years from 2014.
Though yet to be called to the Nigerian Bar, Onyinye is a certified arbitrator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (UK) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Mediation and Conciliation.
She has also attended courses and conferences organised by the United Nations, the European Union and Harvard University.
