… Lists Kebbi firstlady, Adesina, Mba, Aki & Pawpaw and
others
The management of leading online newspaper, Daylight has unveiled the list of awardees
in its maiden Daylight Annual Leadership Awards (DALA), 2016, reports ITRealms.
The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Daylight, Mr. Azuh Amatus, said the
star-studded award scheme, will next month, Sunday, May 22, 2016, honour 15 exceptionally
qualified Nigerians, commencing with green and white carpet at 4.p.m. with the paparazzis.
Amatus, who is the Chairman of DALA, hinted ITRealms that the
high-octane awards ceremony has been slated to hold at the prestigious Civic
Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, with a promise of glitz and grandeur.
He also said that the aim of the awards is to recognise,
reward and celebrate excellence among Nigerians who have excelled immensely in
various leadership positions and equally impacted positively on our nation in both
public and private sectors.
The distinguished recipients include the wife of the Kebbi
State Governor, Hajiya Aisha Atiku Bagudu, who goes home with a plaque as
Daylight Woman of the Year.
The organisers said, she has contributed invaluably to upliftment
of less privileged in the society with self-funded NGO, Mallpai Foundation,
which has done extensive humanitarian works in Northern Nigeria and beyond for
almost a decade.
Also on the list of honourees is the presidential spokesman,
a celebrated journalist and newspaper administrator extraordinaire cum leader,
Mr. Femi Adesina (FNGE), just as the immediate past director general of the
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Emeka Mba, will be honoured as the
Daylight Newspaper Person of the year, for among other things championed the
transition from analogue to Digital Switch Over (DSO) in the nation’s
broadcasting sector, expected to be fully implemented in 2017.
Equally to be honoured is showbiz impresario and founder of Coliseum
Events Centre, Mr. Ken Calebs Olumese, as the recipient of the Daylight Newspaper
Life-Time Achievement Award, while the famous thespian trio of Stephanie
Okereke-Linus, Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) and Osita Iheme (Pawpaw) were not left
out as they will go home with special recognition awards as Daylight Newspaper
Nollywood Persons of the year.
According to Amatus, Nollywood diva, Monalisa Chinda-Coker made
the list for bringing back vim and verve on TV screens with her exciting You
and I programme as the Talk Show Host of the year trophy.
Another worthy recipient is, leading Abuja based top lawyer
and fiery columnist, Barrister Sam Kargbo, who won the Most Outstanding
Columnist of the year (Law and National Development), for his approach to
issues of national interest.
Uj. N Dominic/GEE
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