LASU Students Win International Awards
Akinwumi Akingbola By Fareedat Taofeeq Two 500 level medical students of Lagos State University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, Oluwananumi Dawodu and Akingbola Adewunmi, have bagged the Diana Award for going an extra mile in trying to create a positive change in the society The Diana Award was established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, to honour young persons aged 9-25 years for their social action or humanitarian work. Oluwananumi Dawodu and Akingbola Adewunmi, both aged 23, from Lagos have been recognised by the Award board. Adewunmi Akingbola is the founder of ‘HealthDrive Nigeria’, an initiative in the South West of Nigeria, which aims to raise awareness, test and vaccinate people against the deadly Hepatitis B virus. Adewunmi’s awareness-raising campaigns have reached a good number of people in the region itself, whilst also engaging national audiences through mass media. On his part, Dawodu Oluwananumi, keen on curbing the spread of the virus, launched the ‘End...