{"id":35095,"date":"2023-05-16T16:29:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=35095"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:57:27","slug":"10-honoured-at-heroes-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/10-honoured-at-heroes-awards","title":{"rendered":"10 honoured at Heroes Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ten Gambians from different fields were on Saturday conferred with awards recognising their roles and impact in society at the Heroes Awards night.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Organised by the online news portal, the third edition of the awards saw the president of the Ecowas Commission, Dr Omar Touray, conferred the person of the year award for being the first Gambian to hold the eminent position.<\/p>\n<p>Other awardees are Bubacarr \u2018Bob\u2019 Keita who transformed his acquittal from rape trial to a cause ce\u0301le\u0300bre charity foundation helping the less privileged.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrated retired Nusrat Secondary School principal, Karamo Bojang won the education prize, Dr Mamady Cham \u2013 health, Fatoumatta Fatty \u2013 trailblazer, Ajola Jallow-Khan \u2013 agriculture, Mustapha Manneh \u2013 green award, Amie Jarjue \u2013 diaspora management, Abubacarr Jawara \u2013 philanthropism, Ousman Touray \u2013 youth award while the late Abdoulie Jobe got the icon award posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of TFN, Ms Fatu Camara, thanked all who contributed to making the awards a success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Ten Gambians from different fields were on Saturday conferred with awards recognising their roles and impact in society at the Heroes Awards night. 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