● Hon Dizaho, Two others bag 2024 NBS, NUJ Award.
Saturday December 29, 2024, is one day reporters, newscasters and editors of the News Department of the Nasarawa Broadcasting Service will live to remember and cherish for a life time.
This because it is on this day that the News Department under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) roll out the drums to celebrate some oftheir colleagues that gad distinguished themselves by showing dedication and proficiency in service through presentation of awards.
Krestnews.com reports that the event featured award presentation to best news editor, best TV and Radio reporters, radio and Tv presenters presenters, commentary writer, Hausa casters, best Hausa translators and the icing of the cake is the celebration abd honouring outstanding news department driver amidst cheers and jubilation from the audience.
During the Gala/Award three outstanding personalities who are members of the State House of Assembly Hon. Jonah Ali Dizaho (PDP- Karu/Gitta) and Chairman House Committee on Information, Hon. Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki (SDP-Lafia Central) and Hon. Hudu A Hudu (APC-Awe North) were also honoured with Awards long side the reporters.
The atmosphere of convinvialities that greeted the NUJ House along Lafia-Makudi venue of the event demonstrated the bond of friendship that usually exist in the newsroom besides the “mad hour” peak production moment in news.
Others are Hon. Silas Ali Agara, the Director General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and former Deputy Governor of the State alongside two others Mr Ahmed Abubakar Kana, General Manager, Nasarawa State Water Board and Amb. Isaac Kigbu, former President, Eggon Youth Movement also bag the 2024 journalists award.
The Chairman of the occasion and Chairman, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Information Hon. Jonah Ali Dizaho, in an address urged Media Practitioners to protect the image of the state by projecting the activities of the state government positively.
Hon. Dizaho made the call during the Gala and Award Night of the year organized by NUJ, Nasarawa Broadcasting Service (NBS) held at NUJ Press Center, Lafia today Sunday.
He also urged the media Houses to be professional in their reportage and embrace developmental journalism in line with global best standard.
” We are here to rejoice with the dedicated members of the union as hard work pays.
” I want to use this medium to advise our media houses to protect the image of the state by projecting the activities of the state positively.
” This is our dear state, I want to appeal to media houses to project government activities positively” he said.
He congratulated the awardees and urged them to use their awards to add value to the development of the state and strive to do more in the new year.
The lawmaker assured of the legislative and government continued support to NUJ to succeed in the state.
The Guest Speaker, Mr Allahnana Attah, former Permanent Secretary in the State who spoke on the topic ” Balancing Media Ownership Interests and Public Responsibility” charged Journalists to always protect the interest of the public as well as ensure balancing in their reports.
Attah, who took his time to explain how public media mostly protect the interest of the government while some Private Media cannot write against government even when government is wrong due to the support they get from the government.
He said to avoid backlash from any quarters, he calls on journalists to ensure strict adherence to ethical standards and professionalism in the system so that the society will be the better for all.
Mr Valentine Joshua, the Chairman, NUJ NBS Chapel, while welcoming guests to the event, said that the event was deliberately designed to reward hard work, encourage healthy competition among staff with a view to entrenching productivity.
” As a union, we believe that striving for success without hardworking is like trying to harvest where you never planted. Tonight we will count our harvests because indeed we planted.
“Tonight, we will celebrate reporters, casters and presenters who believes that the dictionary is the only place where success comes before hardworking” he said.
He said that the union would award three individuals in the state, Mr Silas Ali Agara, DG,NDE for training two members of the union in China.
” The other person is Mr Kana for always serving as a reservoirs of media contents to reporters and presenters of NBS.
” The last person Mr Kigbu will be honoured for his Philanthropic gestures devoid of political connotations or primordial sentiments.
Mr Valentine appreciated the management of NBS for their support towards the success of the programme among other personalities and MDAs that helped the union to organize the event.
In attendance was HRH, Sunday Namo, Aren Koron Kuje, Hon. Esson Mairiga, Mr Fagbemi Sunday, Nasarawa State Coordinator of NDE, representing the Director General of NDE, Mr Silas Ali Agara, Mr. Ibrahim Addra, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Abdullahi Sule, Dr Priscilla Gondualuor, Nasarawa State Director, National Orientation Agency, Representative of the Rector College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Lafia as well as the State NUJ Chairman Ibrahim Alkali, General Manager, Flashman Aloko and Directors from the Broadcasting Service among several others dignitaries.