Obama honours Nigerian NAN journalist (Mr. Edwin Nwachukwu)

The U.S. President, Barack Obama has awarded a Nigerian Journalist, Mr. Edwin Nwachukwu the President’s Volunteer Service Award, Vanguard reports.

The Volunteer Service Award is a recognition by the US President of individuals that have helped to address the needs of persons with disabilities.

President Obama commended the Nigerian Journalist “for helping to address the most pressing needs in the country”. By this gesture, President Obama said that Nwachukwu had demonstrated that assisting people with disabilities “are duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit than giving our all to a difficult task. ”

Showering more encomiums on the journalist who is the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) North America Correspondent, Obama said “his volunteer service demonstrates the kind of commitment to his community that moves America a step closer to its great promise”.

- Vanguard