2017 – Indomie Heroes Awards

Joel Clement lives at no. 49 Sarkin Pawa Road in Samaru, Zaria. Joel is said to have constructed an incubator for hatching eggs, as shown in the picture below. He made it in the form of a box, using wood and metal, into which he mounted lamp bulbs to generate heat at the necessary temperature. When activated, the incubator is used to hatch eggs into beautiful chicks. So, the young lad had been producing day old chicks, which he sells to people from far and near. Aside selling chicks, Joel has constructed quite a number of his invention and sold on orders. The income has helped him to finance his education.

Emmanuel Adebisi is an 11 years old boy and a primary five Pupil, who has had a natural drive for engineering from a young age. He currently lives with his Guardian behind mount camel college along industrial layout Naka Road, Makurdi. Emmanuel’s natural talent led him to invent devices with scrap materials from waste bins and garbage, his mother initially scolded him for doing this but it turns out that the young boy has an unquenchable desire for his discovered engineering talents. This has led him to the invention of a mobile phone light switch which he said can be used to power on lighting systems when connected to it at any location and time.

Paul David is a JSS 3A Student of the Christ Apostolic Church Secondary School, Makurdi. He lives with his parents at 59 Lessal street Wadata, Makurdi Benue state and hails from Mubi North, Adamawa State. Paul amazed residents of his community when he invented a solar powered Radio Station, which he named the “TECNO FM”. He uses it to transmit music around his neighborhood. He also invented moving Cars from used plastic bottles powered by simple electrical motors, among his other technological exploits. He is also known for installation of satellites, this was unusual because, he was not trained but learnt to do this by studying the installation guides from the internet all by himself.

Olanrewaju Oluwafemi lives at no. 15, Oluwa Ayoola Street, Challenge, in Ibadan. The account is about how Femi uses football competitions to campaign against crime among juveniles. According to the young lad, the incidence of stealing among children in his community is alarming. So he decided to do something about it. Femi thought of a way to reach out to the majority of the children in his community, in order to sensitize them about the inappropriateness of such habit. For him, it is important and necessary to find a way of curbing the trend before it ruins the life of the children. So he decided to organize a football competition among the adolescents. Femi approached some older people in his community to acquaint them of his intention to organize a football competition.

Wealth John is an 8 years old boy from Akwa Ibom State. He grew up in Abuja Nasarawa state and he’s a primary 4A student of United Nursery and Primary school Nyanya Gwanadara in Nasarawa State. Even though Wealth is but a child, he is wise enough to notice the rate at which child marriage and abuse has increased in his community and this made the young boy an advocate against injustice, social crimes and child marriage. According to Wealth, a young girl in his compound lost her parent at an early age and her aunties wanted to marry her off as they couldn’t take care of her.

John Blessing is a teenager, the remaining child living with her mother since her elder sister was gang raped to death. She hails from Ifo, Ogun State. The story has it that her father abandoned the family when Blessing was just 2 years old for another woman who promised him better conditions of living. Furthermore, two years ago, Blessing’s elder sister met with a fatal lot in the hands of miscreants who raped her to death. Unfortunately, Blessing and her mother never got justice, as the criminals who brutally snuffed life out of her only sister were never caught while the security operatives did little or nothing to soothe their pains. The incident left a bad memory on Blessing and her mother, however there was nothing much they could do. Nonetheless, the ordeal, since losing both her sister and father, gave the young girl a new drive. Blessing started gathering her peers in her neighbourhood to tell them about the need to be more cautious and careful about the evil pervading the land and targeting innocent and naïve young girls.

Adejorin Oluwatobiloba Grace lives in Excellent Street, at Oke Odo, Kelebe, Osogbo. This account is about how she rescued a little girl from a kidnappers’ hideout. The story has it that Tobiloba hawks the gari that her mother usually brings back from Ifon town which is situated in another local government far away from their place of abode. On this fateful day, Tobiloba was asked to hawk gari in the community and return home before night fall. Her first point of call was a well-known regular customer who doesn’t fail to buy from her at every occasion. However, Tobilola found a large crowd in the customer’s house, which left her pondering on what could have happened.

Zulka Mohammed is a 14 year old boy who resides in Gu’u Hildi District Hong LGA Adamawa State. Sometimes in March 2016 during terrorists’ attacks in the Northeastern parts of the country, his community was also attacked by the Boko Haram terrorists. Many people fled away from their houses to safety. Many became displaced, particularly the children and the aged because when the attack was launched, no one expected it and they caught the people unawares. Many of the children were in school while adults were in the market, some in their farmlands, some at home’ mostly older women. So many people fled to a hiding place leaving behind their families. Zulka was in the market when they heard gunshots and everyone began to run for their lives, leaving everything they had in the market.