By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has granted an United States online scholarship to a gifted physically challenged artist, Ms Abosede Okeowo, to enable her further develop her skills.
His gesture was contained in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Laolu Akande, in Abuja on May 16, 2021.
Laolu said the presentation of the scholarship was made recently at the palace of Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, the Oore of Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti State, by Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, who represented Osinbajo.
Ms Okeowo, 27, had presented a pencil portrait she drew to Osinbajo when he paid the Ooni of Ife a courtesy visit in 2020.
The artist, an indigene of Otun Ekiti in Ekiti State, gained recognition because of her talent and for not allowing her physical challenge due to an illness suffered as a child to limit her abilities.
A self-taught artist who, driven by passion, nurtured her talent in drawing to her current stage of expertise and is now known for making drawings of many dignitaries.
Okeowo first caught the attention of the Vice President when she drew a portrait of his wife, Dolapo.
She yet again enthralled Osinbajo with her skills when she drew and presented a lifelike portrait of him.