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US Consulate Decorates Simi As Human Rights Ambassador

Written by MaxFM on April 30, 2018

Nigerian vocal diva, Simi has gotten an accolade for herself as she was recently decorated at the US Consulate, Victoria Island, Lagos, as one of the Human Rights Ambassadors from Nigeria in conjunction with Constitutional Rights Awareness and Liberty Initiative.

The 30-year-old songstress couln’t hide her joy from getting this accolade as she took to her Instgram page to share the news.

She wrote; “A few days ago, I was decorated at the US Consulate, by the US Consul General, as one of the Human Rights Ambassadors from Nigeria, in conjunction with CRALI.
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It was, and is, an incredible honour to get a platform that enables me to use my voice – to the best of my ability – for this cause.

This initiative has also kick-started another – @knowyourrightsng – which I will, at a later time, shed more light on. Thank you ❤”

She also used the medium to introduce the Know Your Rights platform which she would be directly affiliated with.

“In the meantime, please follow @knowyourrightsNG and we’ll keep you posted.”

A few days ago, I was decorated at the US Consulate, by the US Consul General, as one of the Human Rights Ambassadors from Nigeria, in conjunction with CRALI. . It was, and is, an incredible honour to get a platform that enables me to use my voice – to the best of my ability – for this cause. This initiative has also kick-started another – @knowyourrightsng – which I will, at a later time, shed more light on. Thank you ❤ . In the meantime, please follow @knowyourrightsNG and we’ll keep you posted.

A post shared by Simi (@symplysimi) on Apr 27, 2018 at 3:00am PDT

A graduate of Mass Communication from Covenant University, Simi started music professionally in 2008 when she released her debut album, Ogaju.

In 2017 the multiple award-winner shared her widely accepted, self-titled album “Simisola” which went on to debut at Number Five on the Billboard World Albums chart.