Seven journalists were recently honoured in the 2014 Promasidor Quill Awards at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The journalists who won the awards in different categories were rewarded for their reports through which they brought changes to bear in the various areas of the economy which they report.
Gbenga Salau of the Guardian Newspapers went home with the best report on Nutrition award,Adekunle Yusuf of the Nation Newspapers went home with the best CSR and Industry report award while Ayodele Ojo of Daily Sun won the best Photo story of the year.
Others are Kunle Falayi of the Punch newspapers who was later unveiled as the overall winner also went home with the best report on education and best report on children award which he jointly won with Isioma Madike of the National Mirror, Obinna Odogwu of the Sun won the Future Writer of the year while Daniel Obi of Business Day newspapers who won in the first edition in 2012 also went home with the Brand Advocate of the year.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chairman, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Chief Keith Richard said that Promasidor Nigeria Limited launched the quill Awards in 2012 as a platform for assessing, recognizing and rewarding excellence for outstanding journalistic work based on merit for their work and not as a self-seeking approach to get accolades.
Richard stated that the Quill Awards seek to remind journalists of the importance of their role in the society and to the society, the need to encourage professionalism and appreciate outstanding work.
He noted that the Awards which featured five award categories that were very important to the society in the first edition in 2012, this year included the best report on children and the Future Writer of the year to encourage young writers and journalists.
According to him,” winners from all the categories with the exception of the winner of the best photo story of the year will be given high-end laptops while the winner of the best photo story of the year will be given high-end camera”.
“In addition, winners will be given supplies of Promasidor products and for capacity building , will enjoy media training at the Lagos Business School”.
“But to encourage journalists to stay fresh and sincere in their career by upholding professionalism and ethical standards, this year, we have taken it a step further by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Thomson Foundation, London to take one person who will be unveiled today and who the judges have termed, “the overall winner”, on an all expense paid four weeks multimedia journalism training course with Thomson Foundation in London followed by a one week work placement with a prominent British National news organization”, Richard said.
