Okey Bakassi, Raw Nwanne, Yaw clinche Daylight Leadership Awards

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The multi-talented trio of Okey Bakassi, Raw Nwanne and Yaw, will be presented with special recognition awards as Daylight Newspaper Comedian, Musician and Radio Personalities of the year, respectively at the 2016 Daylight Annual Leadership Awards (DALA), reports ITRealms.

The Anambra State born Publisher cum Editor-in-Chief of Daylight, Mr. Azuh Amatus, made this disclosure to ITRealms in Lagos and said the trio will join the 15 exceptionally qualified Nigerian celebrities to be honoured at the award scheme slated for Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Amatus also told ITRealms that the event starts with green and white carpet at 4pm, explaining that their honour is in appreciations of their great contributions to the various sectors they represent as leaders and role models.

In addition, Amatus revealed that the billionaire founder of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema’s company, will be decorated as the Airline of the Year. Even as Soundcity boss and leading content provider on TV, Tajudeen Adepetu, made the list as the proud recipient of the Entertainment Person of the year.

Another growing Nollywood actress and lawyer, Angel Ufuoma, who is one of the hottest new generation stars in Tinsel town, will be crowned with Nollywood Most Promising Actress of the year.

“DALA honourees are leading role models that have equally aided national growth and development with their leadership roles and God’s given talents. We are profoundly proud of them, appreciate and hold them in high esteem,” he declared.

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Daylight Leadership Awards unveil 2016 awardees

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… Lists Kebbi firstlady, Adesina, Mba, Aki & Pawpaw and others

The management of leading online newspaper, Daylight has unveiled the list of awardees in its maiden Daylight Annual Leadership Awards (DALA), 2016, reports ITRealms.

The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Daylight, Mr. Azuh Amatus, said the star-studded award scheme, will next month, Sunday, May 22, 2016, honour 15 exceptionally qualified Nigerians, commencing with green and white carpet at 4.p.m. with the paparazzis.

Amatus, who is the Chairman of DALA, hinted ITRealms that the high-octane awards ceremony has been slated to hold at the prestigious Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, with a promise of glitz and grandeur.

He also said that the aim of the awards is to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence among Nigerians who have excelled immensely in various leadership positions and equally impacted positively on our nation in both public and private sectors.

The distinguished recipients include the wife of the Kebbi State Governor, Hajiya Aisha Atiku Bagudu, who goes home with a plaque as Daylight Woman of the Year.

The organisers said, she has contributed invaluably to upliftment of less privileged in the society with self-funded NGO, Mallpai Foundation, which has done extensive humanitarian works in Northern Nigeria and beyond for almost a decade.

Also on the list of honourees is the presidential spokesman, a celebrated journalist and newspaper administrator extraordinaire cum leader, Mr. Femi Adesina (FNGE), just as the immediate past director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Emeka Mba, will be honoured as the Daylight Newspaper Person of the year, for among other things championed the transition from analogue to Digital Switch Over (DSO) in the nation’s broadcasting sector, expected to be fully implemented in 2017.

Equally to be honoured is showbiz impresario and founder of Coliseum Events Centre, Mr. Ken Calebs Olumese, as the recipient of the Daylight Newspaper Life-Time Achievement Award, while the famous thespian trio of Stephanie Okereke-Linus, Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) and Osita Iheme (Pawpaw) were not left out as they will go home with special recognition awards as Daylight Newspaper Nollywood Persons of the year.

According to Amatus, Nollywood diva, Monalisa Chinda-Coker made the list for bringing back vim and verve on TV screens with her exciting You and I programme as the Talk Show Host of the year trophy.

Another worthy recipient is, leading Abuja based top lawyer and fiery columnist, Barrister Sam Kargbo, who won the Most Outstanding Columnist of the year (Law and National Development), for his approach to issues of national interest.

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Etisalat equips GGC Dala's ICT Centre

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Etisalat Nigeria has lifted the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre of Girls’ Government College, Dala, Kano State in North West Nigeria with the donation of 30 pieces of desk top computers, reports ITRealms.

The State’s Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Education, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, while unveiling the centre alongside other facilities renovated by Etisalat in the school as part of its Adopt-A-School initiative, commended the pan-Nigeria intervention programme aimed at facilitating the delivery of quality education through the creation of conducive learning environment for primary and secondary school students.

Speaking about the intervention programme, the Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Etisalat Nigeria, Ibrahim Dikko, said the company aims to help drive the delivery of quality education.

“The whole aim is to drive the delivery of quality education. What we have done is to create an enabling environment for conducive learning which in turn drives improvement in learning. As an innovative company, we are about driving sustainable development using education as one of the key platforms, “he said.

Dikko, who was represented by the company’s Head, Government and Community Relations, Mohammed Suley-Yusuf, also reiterated the company’s commitment to partnering with the Kano state government in achieving its developmental goals in critical areas particularly education.

 “Etisalat is proud to be able to contribute positively to achieving the government’s objective of improving Kano State especially in the area of Education. We will continue to collaborate to move the state and indeed the nation forward, even as we work towards being the telecommunications partner of choice for Nigeria. We laud Kano State government, for recognising the potential of and encouraging public private partnership, “he said.

Also speaking in his address, the Kano State deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar commended Etisalat for combining its core business function of providing quality telecoms services with strategic contributions to the development of the society in various areas through some initiatives like the Adopt-A-School programme.

“Today, we are witnessing the result of a strategic partnership. We as a people are particularly glad because it is very clear to us that given our population as the most densely populated state in the country, the three tiers of Government cannot single-handedly bear the huge funding burden of education without external support. Therefore, it is very heart-warming to see Etisalat take this initiative of adopting a school for life with the objective of making sure that it brings about positive infrastructural development and enhanced quality of learning through the provision of educational materials,” he said.

The Deputy Governor also noted that the intervention will help the Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration in achieving its objective of ‘providing education for all’ especially for the girl child.

According to him, Kano State needs about 15,000 classrooms in state-owned secondary schools to enable them take in the 30% of secondary school prospects who have not been able to transit to secondary school upon completing primary education.

Beside the ICT Centre, other renovated facilities under the first phase of the project which the deputy Governor commissioned include the school’s library which was fitted with furniture and books, Kwankwaso Hostel Block, a modern science laboratory, solar-powered potable water facility and seven classrooms with chairs and tables.

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