Amadou Mahtar Ba Millennium Africa Foundation presented him in 2014 with its Lifetime Achievement Award alongside laureates Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank. Mr. Ba is also included as one of the top 500 Africans contributing to the rise of the continent by "Africa24" magazine. EXPO 2015 and Afronline awarded Mr. Ba the 2012 African Media Prize for his "outstanding contribution to African Media and his skills on promoting innovation among African Media." Amadou Mahtar Ba Amadou Mahtar Ba is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media Inc,
Goodluck Jonathan country faces many strikes, the country unions followed up with strikes that were matched with civil protests from 9–13 January 2012. Protesters and groups called for President Jonathan to resign over the removal of fuel subsidies. After five days of national protests and strikes, on 16 January, Jonathan announced that the pump price of petroleum would be 97 naira per litre compared with a post-subsidy level of 147 naira. In May 2012, President Jonathan changed the name of the University of Lagos to the Moshood Abiola University in honour of the late MKO Abiola. The action drew attention from critics;