Nigerian Fashion Icon Dr. SodiQ Babatunde Rufai bags Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence & Integrity from Ecowas Youth Council

Founder of Babatunde Rufai Foundation & CEO of WEAR IT ALL Luxury; Dr. Babatunde Rufai has promised to enroll and provide scholarship for school children across West African countries through his Babatunde Rufai Foundation.

Dr. Babatunde Rufai made the pledge while receiving delegation of the ECOWAS Youth Council who conferred on him Distinguished African Personality and Nelson Mandela Leadership Award of Excellence & Integrity. Currently, West Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion, over one-fifth of children between the ages of about 6 and 11 are out of school, followed by one-third of youth between the ages of about 12 and 14.

The delegation led by President of the Council Ambassador Emmanuel Williams paid tribute to Dr. Babatunde Rufai for his commitment to promoting Sustainable Development