GREAT!!! ... NIGERIAN AMONG 100 WORLD MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

[Igwe M.O.P]

Time magazine has named a 28-year-old
Nigerian, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, as one of the
‘ 100 most influential people in the world.’
The influential magazine had in its May 2010
edition said those on the list were shaping the
world with their ideas, innovations and actions.
It added that the list was consolidated into four
categories – leaders, artists, thinkers and
heroes.
Others on the list include United States
President Barack Obama; Graca Machel, wife of
former South African President Nelson
Mandela; Brazilian President Luiz da Silva;
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama; and
Managing Director, International Monetary
Fund, Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Also on the list are Chelsea striker, Didier
Drogba; the Speaker of the US House of
Representatives, Ms. Nancy Pelosi; US Minority
Whip, Mr. Jon Kyl; Palestinian Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad; French Minister of Finance, Ms.
Christine Lagarde; Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan; Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh; talkshow host and publisher, Ms. Oprah
Winfrey; and British musician, Elton John.
Ikegwuonu, who was listed in the artists’
category, was born in 1982 and lives in Imo
State.
According to Time, he has, since his high
school, been developing ways to help Nigerian
farmers.
He was identified because of his reported
dedication to improving the lives of rural people
and his commitment to environmental
protection and sustainable agriculture.
Time said, “In Nigerian state of Imo, where
Ikegwuonu lives, farmers are suffering
because of their isolation. Via the Smallholders
Foundation, which he set up in 2003, he has
been broadcasting by radio 10 hours a day to
give 250,000 farmers news in their own
language about farming and marketing
techniques.
“He has now begun using interactive
technology in order to serve farmers across his
state. ”

[ugo banks]

i think it is great...it means that the outside world is beginning to look at our positive sides and are starting 2 take us seriously...maybe by the end of this year more Nigerians will make the list.....UP NAIJA!!!!.

[ugo banks]

@Igwe...u are a vault of info and u have really spiced up d forum...its a privilege 2 have u with u sir!!! ....God bless u real good!!!!

[ejibond]

Who say naija no get people wey fit change and rule these world,huh??
More Nigerians are coming to make that list.

[ugo banks]

@eji....i believe u.... naija is da next big thing 2 hit this planet

[ejibond]

Exactly!

[Nigeria Scholar]

One step at a time we're going 2 d top. D rebranding begins here in UNNFORUM.

[Pendragon]

Time magazine has named a 28-year-old
Nigerian, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, as one of the
‘ 100 most influential people in the world.’
The influential magazine had in its May 2010
edition said those on the list were shaping the
world with their ideas, innovations and actions.
It added that the list was consolidated into four
categories – leaders, artists, thinkers and
heroes.
Others on the list include United States
President Barack Obama; Graca Machel, wife of
former South African President Nelson
Mandela; Brazilian President Luiz da Silva;
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama; and
Managing Director, International Monetary
Fund, Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Also on the list are Chelsea striker, Didier
Drogba; the Speaker of the US House of
Representatives, Ms. Nancy Pelosi; US Minority
Whip, Mr. Jon Kyl; Palestinian Prime Minister
Salam Fayyad; French Minister of Finance, Ms.
Christine Lagarde; Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan; Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh; talkshow host and publisher, Ms. Oprah
Winfrey; and British musician, Elton John.
Ikegwuonu, who was listed in the artists’
category, was born in 1982 and lives in Imo
State.
According to Time, he has, since his high
school, been developing ways to help Nigerian
farmers.
He was identified because of his reported
dedication to improving the lives of rural people
and his commitment to environmental
protection and sustainable agriculture.
Time said, “In Nigerian state of Imo, where
Ikegwuonu lives, farmers are suffering
because of their isolation. Via the Smallholders
Foundation, which he set up in 2003, he has
been broadcasting by radio 10 hours a day to
give 250,000 farmers news in their own
language about farming and marketing
techniques.
“He has now begun using interactive
technology in order to serve farmers across his
state. ”

IGWE I ga di oooo!!!!
Nice one there. Pls can I have the Source of the info?

[DJ Gbala]

Gud 4 him 2 be recognised. Any body cud get dat type of recognition if he/she does d rite tin, so its a normal tin.

[Engr. Dayco]

@eji....i believe u.... naija is da next big thing 2 hit this planet

with what...?

[Igwe M.O.P]

@pendragon ...  the source... THE TIMES MAGAZINE...

This achievement shows that one can be great even in his niche...

so are u great/influencial... and where...


kokoronkooo  oge eruoo