Henry Akahara - The London Debate Gold Medalist

Can someone tell me why it is difficult for people to identify with success?
I think the young boy that won the world-class youth debate at the British House of Commons, London, United Kingdom needs recognition that goes beyond all the write-ups and his face appearing on the newspapers.
Worse still,  the story of his success has been lacking in the foreign news – they prefer to discuss the negative things about Nigeria.  This young man beat about 200 students from 60 countries for crying loud and to say that he is a product of a public school.
My people, we need to give kudos to this great achiever or what do you think?