Nigerian Catholic sister wins $1.2m Opus Prize

Nigerian Catholic sister wins $1.2m Opus Prize

A reverend sister from Nigeria has been granted the 2024 Creation Prize.

Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, organizer and leader overseer of the Middle for Ladies Studies and Mediation (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, won the esteemed $1.2 million honor which perceives exceptional compassionate endeavors around the world.

During the honor function on November 14 at St Nick Clara College in California’s Silicon Valley, Sister Ngozi, an individual from the Gathering of the Handmaids of the Sacred Youngster Jesus (HHCJ), offered significant thanks.

“Did I at any point envision being named as the laureate? Truly, no,” she said. “Words appear to be deficient to catch the profundity of my bliss. My heart spills over with appreciation. I never envisioned the work my group and I have been doing in distant networks would earn respect, locally as well as across the Atlantic in the US.”

Ngozi said thanks to the Creation Prize jury for having faith in her central goal to reduce enduring among underestimated gatherings.

Thinking about her excursion, Sister Ngozi credited her dad for guaranteeing she got instruction notwithstanding cultural difficulties.

“Much obliged to you, Daddy. Your penance was not to no end,” she said, adding that her assembly’s pioneer, Mother Mary Charles Magdalene Walker, enlivened her life of mental fortitude and confidence.

CWSI, under Sister Ngozi’s authority, engages ladies to turn out to be politically mindful, socially dependable, and monetarily free. The association likewise advocates for ladies’ consideration in government jobs and the requirement of legitimate arrangements against orientation based savagery in five Nigerian states.