Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, Rev. Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, has been awarded the 2024 Opus Prize.
Uti won the prestigious $1.2 million honor which recognizes extraordinary humanitarian efforts worldwide.
During the award ceremony on November 14 at Santa Clara University in California’s Silicon Valley, Sister Ngozi, said, “Did I ever imagine being nominated as the laureate? Honestly, no,” she said. “Words seem inadequate to capture the depth of my joy. My heart overflows with gratitude. I never dreamed the work my team and I have been doing in remote communities would gain recognition, not just locally but across the Atlantic in the United States.”
