{"id":29309,"date":"2019-01-21T09:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29309"},"modified":"2019-01-24T01:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T00:48:11","slug":"cee-hope-celebrates-environmentalist-nnimmo-bassey-at-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/cee-hope-celebrates-environmentalist-nnimmo-bassey-at-60\/","title":{"rendered":"CEE-HOPE Celebrates Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey at 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>CEE-HOPE Celebrates Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey at 60<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Commissions Makoko office<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Offers scholarship to Makoko children <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Dayo Emmanuel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Lagos-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Centre for Children\u2019s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), has honoured a foremost environmentalist, Rev. Nnimmo Bassey as part of celebration of\u00a0 his 60th birthday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The event which held at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos preceded an eventual commissioning of a community centre, office of the organisation in Makoko slum of Lagos where it has its biggest community project for venerable slum children.<\/p>\n<p>CEE-HOPE is an NGO that focuses on the rights and welfare of vulnerable children which it has championed in the Makoko slums and other impoverished locations for years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, participants took turn to eulogise Nnimmo Bassey, a \u00a0trained architect and writer and co-founder of the Environmental Rights Action\/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, who runs the Heath of Mother earth Foundation, HOMEF), \u00a0and who was the reason for the first leg of the event at the IPC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29311\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29311\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey.jpg\" alt=\"Nnimmo at the event\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey-110x72.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey-420x274.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rev-Nnimo-Bassey-659x430.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nnimmo addressing participants at the IPC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A member of the board of CEE-HOPE, Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin at the event appreciated the celebrant, appreciating him for the mentorship and support for the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is one thing to have a vision and there is another thing to have passion but you also need help. We really appreciate the support Rev. Bassey has given to CEE-HOPE. So many advocacies are going on around the world and we thank you for all you are doing,\u201d Otufodunrin said.<\/p>\n<p>Otufodunrin, Online Editor at The Nation Newspaper also prayed for more strength and health for the man being honoured at the event.<\/p>\n<p>A lecturer and activist who has been influenced by the celebrant, Dr. Tunde Akanni at the event said, \u201cI have known him since over 24 years ago when the Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) and other activist groups were doing activism. Rev. Nnimmo was one of those who gave the then military government sleepless nights by his activism. In spite of all his persecutions by the military, he kept on going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholar explained what Bassey meant to him and the environment in Nigeria and around the world. \u201cHe has written a whole lot of poems and I still keep and treasure my copy of his poems. He was known to be one outspoken person, he is someone that wakes up with a dream and makes sure he actualises that dream,\u201d Akanni said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Betty Abah, Executive Director of CEE-HOPE and organiser of the event, said Bassey deserved a celebration for being an exemplary Nigerian, a quintessential boss who has supported the CEE-HOPE vision in the last four years plus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are celebrating a man of integrity and unflinching principles, a scholar, a workaholic and genius from whom we have a lot to learn and I am very privileged to have worked under him for over six years\u2019, she said. Abah narrated how, on June 11, former and present staff and some family members gave Bassey a surprise birthday party in Abuja that brought together activists, government officers and several other personamilities. Amidst the crowd, she said, were his old and former staff from ERA, some dating back to 20 years. \u2018It all goes to show the kind of person Nnimmo is, someone who invests in the welfare and development of his staff, even after they leave, just like I have had the privilege to enjoy such gestures. He is a father to all,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29312\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29312\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat.jpg\" alt=\"Presentation of the prototype\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat-110x66.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat-420x251.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mini-boat-721x430.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presentation of the prototype of the boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29313\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29313\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception.jpg\" alt=\"Nnimmo addressing children at Makoko during the reception\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception-110x66.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception-420x253.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nnimmo-addressing-children-at-Makoko-during-the-reception-715x430.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nnimmo addressing children at Makoko during the reception.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, the audience included current members of ERA including Akinbode Oluwafemi, the Deputy Executive Director of ERA, and Tunji Buhari and Veronica Ivoke, all of ERA.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Oluwafemi \u00a0said he has been motivated by Bassey who he learnt activism from many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNnimmo is our teacher, our mentor and we have learnt activism from him. He led us into activism even when some of us didn\u2019t know that what we were doing was activism but he taught us. Nnimmo taught me humility, I knew what humility means. I saw it in him. I have learnt a lot from him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eulogizing Bassey for his humility, Oluwafemi added that,\u00a0\u201cToday you would see Nnimmo sitting with the Prime Minister of Norway and later you see him sitting with the poor people in the Niger Delta, that is the humility we have learnt from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others who spoke include Ugomah Cokey, an Assistant Director, News at the Voice of Nigeria who appreciated the celebrant for always being ready to mentor young people, Sunday Oyeogun, a chief from Agbado-Oja community in Ogun State (where CEE-HOPE also works with girls), Mr. Adeyemi Adeyemo, Chief Executive Officer of Treasure House of Comics, Mariam Kusika, leader of CEE-HOPE\u2019s Triple G girl empowerment club from Makoko and others.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Present also at the event was Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Executive Director of Spaces for Change, an NGO.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the comments, the celebrant, Rev. Nnimmo Bassey was full of appreciation at the event which he said was a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me mention that this is a big surprise to me. As we were coming here today, I was asking what is happening, what is the agenda of the event? Betty never mentioned anything, it is a big surprise to me and I am very grateful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, he said, \u201cI grew up in the village where even my parents didn\u2019t know their birthdays and I never celebrated my birthday. I\u2019m committed to work more with young people. I am very humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the students from Makoko who had come to grace the occasion, Bassey told them how lucky they are to belong to this generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery generation always feels their generation is better. Things may be tough but the world is getting better. When I was a young man, to make a phone call you would go and line up in NITEL office or you would tell your neighbor who had a telephone line that you were coming to receive a call by\u00a04pm\u00a0but today every family has a phone,\u201d he said, commending young people on their tech savvy nature.<\/p>\n<p>Commending and charging the youths, he said, \u201cYou young people know how to utilize technology and the future belongs to you. I want you to take all the small exercises you are doing seriously. I see you already as leaders&#8230; I see hope and I see you at the top. That is where you\u2019ll go and nobody would stop you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The celebration train later moved to Makoko, a fishing community, Nigeria and West Africa\u2019s largest slum settlement also known as \u2018the city on water\u2019 based on their peculiar housing architecture where houses are built on stilts over the Lagos lagoon.<\/p>\n<p>At Makoko, both eminent local chief and young people trooped out in their hundreds to welcome Nnimmo Bassey. Four different dance troupes consisting of young people entertained him, some with songs composed specifically in his honour. They sang and danced in indigenous Egun and Ilaje languages complete with drums, native costumes and other traditional symbols. It was a colourful affair.<\/p>\n<p>Local chiefs including Chief Albert Aide, Chief Adewale Akintimehin, Baale Aji, Baale Shemedeh, Baale Sodique and many others came to honour him. Baale Aide, Baale Sodique, Chief Akintomehin and others praised the work of Abah through CEE-HOPE especially in the intervention and developmental programs for the young people of the community, especially girls.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Nnimmo promised continued support for the community which has come under several forced demolition attacks from the Lagos State Government even against existing court restriction orders, destroying properties and sometimes claiming lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Slums should be upgraded, not demolished, because human lives are involved and life is sacred\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He presented educational scholarship funds to 10 Makoko children, promising to increase the number to 20 next year, after declaring open the CEE-HOPE Community Empowerment Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The community, in appreciation, presented a mini boat to Nnimmo, also in celebration of his 60<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n<p>It was a crowning glory for the Benin City-based, Akwa Ibom State-born activist, one of the activists who tool the Niger Delta cause to global platforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29456\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29456\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee.jpg\" alt=\"CEE HOPE Boat\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee-110x67.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee-420x256.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cee-707x430.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEE HOPE Boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bassey\u2019s work has attracted recognitions from across the world. He was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Persons in the World in 2009 and the Goodluck Jonathan Government honoured him with a National Award. In 2010, he was recognised as a \u2018Right Livelihoods Award winner, also known as the <em>Alternative Nobel Prize.<\/em> He is the first black man to head Friends of the Earth, an international group of 74 countries, as chairman, and serving two terms.<\/p>\n<p>Nnimmo, as he is widely known, is also currently involved in the global fights for food security, forestry rights and general human rights.<\/p>\n<p>He has published about 17 books cutting across poetry, the environment, food security, architecture among others, all geared towards a more humane and liveable planet.<\/p>\n<p>His fight for justice has also attracted to him persecutions in the forms of arrests, detention and threats to life especially under the military rulership of Late General Sani Abacha.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEE-HOPE Celebrates Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey at 60 \u00a0 Commissions Makoko office Offers scholarship to Makoko children \u00a0Dayo Emmanuel A Lagos-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Centre for Children\u2019s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), has honoured a foremost environmentalist, Rev. 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