Jega, Oloyede, others for 10th Wole Soyinka Awards

Jega, Oloyede, others for 10th Wole Soyinka Awards

Thursday, December 3, 2015 10:56 pm


Professor Attahiru Jega

Professor Attahiru Jega


Funsho Arogundade

Attahiru Jega, a professor of political science and erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who played an outstanding role in the success of the 2015 general elections and veteran broadcaster, Bimbo Oloyede, will be honoured with the Anti-Corruption Defender Award and the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence, respectively, at the decade anniversary of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting.

The two notable Nigerians will be honoured at the 2015 Award presentation ceremony scheduled for Wednesday 9 December at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Professor Wole Soyinka will give the keynote remark at the event.

In his acceptance note to the Coordinator of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Motunrayo Alaka, Jega appreciated the organisation for finding him worthy of the award.

He said, “Such an honour from a Centre named after the great and revered Wole Soyinka is of considerable significance.”

Oloyede

Oloyede

On her part, Oloyede, who earlier in the year celebrated her four-decade anniversary in broadcasting, highlighted her delight at seeing that she has been placed on the same pedestal with past winners of the award whom according to her, are individuals who have made great contributions to journalism in Nigeria.

“From my interaction with the Centre, it is clear that a lot of good work is being done to uplift our craft…nothing would give me more pleasure than to accept the Centre’s kind recognition and honour,” she remarked.

The programme, which is supported by Chevron and the Netherlands Embassy, will also see 12 finalists receive commendations and awards in different categories at the prize presentation ceremony.

As part of the tenth anniversary and in commemoration of the human rights day, as well as the ‘orange the world’ sixteen-day campaign to end every form of violence against girls and women, the WSCIJ will also host a public viewing of its documentary, ‘Report Women: The Untold Stories of Girls and Women in Nigeria’ on Thursday 10 December by 12:30pm at the Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja City Mall, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

Attendance to the award event and documentary viewing are open to members of the public.


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