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Nominees have emerged at the various categories of the Nigerian Child Friendly Awards for the year 2016.
In the TV Content Category, Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) gathered a total of 148 votes to top the list in the category.
Trailing WAP is African Magic Production with 111 votes. Occupying the third position is Suliat Productions with a total of 78 votes while Olasco Productions is placed fourth with 23 votes.
Scene 1 production came fifth with 12 votes while Iroko Productions followed with 3 votes and Kola Obadimu Productions finished with only a vote.
The nomination exercise which featured the voting exercise was carried out recently among over 300 school children representing various schools in Lagos, neighbouring Ogun State and other states in the federation.
Outcome of the nomination exercise however gives the children who are going to vote when the proper voting window period opens the opportunity to concentrate their voting efforts on top brands as revealed by the nomination exercise.
Announcing the results in the TV Content category of the awards, Project Manager of the Awards, Mr. Tunde Jenmin said “The awards is all about the children, giving them a say and preparing them for the future. That is why nobody is allowed to influence their decision during the voting exercise. To the glory of God, the nomination exercise well managed by our able team and it came out successful. This is why we have the results showing the top brands in this category.”
President of the organisation, Mr. Wilson Ukhurebor in his own remark said, “We are working with time. We have a calendar for this whole process and we thank God we are coping through the numbers of participating children and also the numerous award categories. The exercise so far has started and the results are glaring without any bias, the results speak for themselves according to the children.”
Talking about the contribution of the corporate organisations in child development, Ukhurebor stated that “The corporate organisations are doing well as far as child development is concerned but they can do better. Sometimes they do not fully understand the definition of the child, I’m sorry to say this.”
He added that, “Apart from dwelling on the big cities, they should know there are children in the rural areas as well whose needs must be put in perspective as well. They are doing almost nothing for the children in the rural areas.” “A child is a child, despite the background of such a child, it does not reduce the fact that the person is a child. Not just a child in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja or other big cities, but there are also children in the rural areas which they should factor in their operations.”
He however enjoined corporate organisations as part of their corporate social responsibilities to address the needs of the totality of Nigerian children the best ways they can so that the society can be a better place for them to operate in the near future.
In its maiden edition, the Nigerian Child Friendly Award (NCFA) is a product of Lagos-based NGO, the Nigerian Child Safety Report Initiative (NCSR), which has the aim of projecting the Nigerian child and such brands that have taken up such responsibilities to put the Nigerian children in perspective of what they do.
After the nomination exercise which revealed the contestants, the organisation shall flag-off voting exercise proper at various centres within the country and on its website http://nigerianchildfriendlyaward.org/ to give opportunities for more children in Nigeria to cast their votes for their favourite brands in every category.
*Story by Dayo Emmanuel
