By Toyeeb Omotayo
Carifika Global Director for Youth Development and ECOWAS Youth Ambassador Abdurrazaq Gidado, has been inducted into ForbesBLK Community.
ForbesBLK is a prestigious organization, which is primarily dedicated to recognizing young black leaders who have made giant strides and meaningful contributions.
Their mission is to champion a global community of Black entrepreneurs, professionals, leaders, and creators that are driving systematic change in business, culture, and society.
Amb. Dauda Abdurrazaq Gidado is a Part 5, Student of Law at the University of Ilorin, Kwara state Nigeria, and he has been an administrative technocrat who has written his achievements in the high echelons of his immediate environment.
Gidado is currently an ECOWAS Youth Council Ambassador and also The Global Director For Youth Development Carifika- Carifika is a non-profit global organization dedicated to strengthening, preserving, and rebuilding wealth, education, health, culture, spiritual development, and a wide range of resources for Africans and Caribbeans for decades to come.
He is a Global Youth Ambassador at Theirworld, a Global Children’s Charity committed to ending the global Education Crisis, he has shown tremendous work rate and dedication to improving the welfare of a child by going on outreach, and visitation to local primary schools to enlighten them on the need to be steadfast in their pursuit.
He holds several memberships such as the Global Ambassadors For Sustainability, A global initiative to promote sustainability and build international Partnerships, and DROITWARE where he serves as a consultant to the legal technology startup, He was a Campus Director (University of Ilorin) For Millennium Campus Fellowship 2022, Millennium Campus Network (MCN), ICC, ITA and a Student Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
He has championed the global student movement to address humanity’s greatest challenges and to promote and propagate the aims and objectives of the United Nations.
He has won several awards among which are, The Most Supportive Law Student in Nigeria 2020, The Law Student of the Year, University of Ilorin,2021, the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence and Integrity, ECOWAS YOUTH COUNCIL 2022, Most Outstanding Law Students in Africa 2022 by LawverseM. He Was Conferred The Honor of The Commander of The Order Of Law Student Association of Nigeria (COL) in 2021.
Amb. Gidado is a recipient of MWAPE PEER AWARDS for Diplomatic Excellence in New Jersey, USA 2022. The Illustrious Youth Ambassador won the category on the recognition of his marvelous work in Ending Global Education Crisis.