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Lady Helen Eno Obareki, First Lady Designate, Akwa Ibom State, has congratulated celebrity chef Hilda Baci for her ongoing attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for cooking the world's largest pot of jollof rice.
In a post shared on her official Facebook page on Friday, September 12, Lady Helen Eno Obareki described the celebrity chef as an inspiration to millions of young girls in Nigeria and beyond.
Lady Helen Eno Obareki, through her office wrote:
"I extend my heartfelt felicitations to the phenomenal Hilda Baci over her audacious attempt to set yet another Guinness World Record by cooking the world's largest pot of Nigerian jollof rice.
"Since your grand announcement to the world two years ago, precisely in May 2023, when you became a household name, you have become an inspiration to millions of young girls across Nigeria and beyond."
Speaking further, Lady Helen Eno Obareki, commended Hilda Baci for her dedication and desire to further expand the global frontiers of innovation and passion in culinary mastery.
Lady Helen Eno Obareki said:
"You remain an embodiment of the true Akwa Ibom can do spirit and your latest desire and passion to cullinary mastery is taking you to a height of confident resilience, as you work towards setting a new record, in the process putting our renowned cooking prowess on the world map."
"I celebrate excellence and hardwork, hoping that this journey propels you to break boundaries, birth new ideas and communities, as well as motivate more young people, especially girls and women to eliminate the word - Impossible and go ahead to shatter stereotypes and limitations, in living their dreams."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Hilda Baci's team cleared the air following doubts about the rice used for Jollof cookathon.
Some netizens had shared their observations about her cooking process. As evidence, Hilda Baci's team shared a video from the behind-the-scenes, showing them cooking the rice.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who delivered the government's commendation, described Baci's effort as "another demonstration of Nigeria's global excellence."