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No fewer than governors, media entrepreneurs and prominent Nigerians are expected at the 13th edition of Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award (NMNA) in Lagos.
Those expected according to Murphy Ajibade Alabi, the Media and Publicity Manager of the glamorous media event include the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Governor Emmanuel Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and the first lady of Ondo State, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu.
The media will be well represented at the event by the duo of Vanguard publisher, Sam Amuka, and Chairman, Board of Telegraph Newspaper, Mrs. Funke Egbemode.
Others expected are Vice Chairman and governing body of NMNA, Omooba Segun Adewale, Chairman of Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Dr. Qasim Akinreti.
The theme of this year’s edition of the award is Nigerian Economy and Political Development: Finding the Missing Piece.
The speech will be delivered by a former presidential aspirant, John Onche Shaibu, who is the Keynote Speaker.
According to Alabi, “The event will come up on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at the Lagos Airport Hotel, B Event Hall, Ikeja, Lagos.
17 journalists are going to be awarded in different categories at the 13th edition of Nigeria Media Night-Out Award.
This is an award that has been on the vanguard of recognising the output of the media in our society for the past 13 years, and we are not going to rest on our oars, even though it has been easy to do this year in year out and this year we intend to make it elaborate and special.
“We intend having many Nollywood stars for the award to add glitz and glamour to the event.”
Alabi, an entertainment journalist who has invested about 20 years in the industry added that, “We will also honour late Precious Owolabi with a posthumous award.
“He was a young man who believed in the profession he practiced passionately. He also paid the supreme price. He was fearlessness. We as an organisation that always recognises the good works of journalists have to acknowledge his braveness though it was a very painful death.
