Esther IBanga awarded $170K worth of peace prize.

Nigerian woman Esther Ibanga, a minister and activist who campaigned against extremist groups, Boko Haram was on Tuesday Feb. 24th awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000.




For her tireless vocal protest against Boko Haram killings and kidnappings, and pressuring central and local government officials to fight back against the extremists. The Niwano Peace Foundation, said it has awarded Ibanga its 20 million yen annualprizese.

"Esther has worked extensively to foster and facilitate reconciliation between conflicting religious and tribal groups, marking up an organization that has all tribal women leaders on its membership" the Buddhist group-backed foundation said.
$170k would be about N34million now. Congrats to her again...

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