The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), has unveiled the logo of the 2022 maiden edition of the ‘Nigerian Broadcasting Awards’ scheduled to hold in October.
The Nigerian Broadcasting Awards is aimed at recognising and rewarding excellence in the Broadcasting industry.
The organisers explained that “the statuette, shaped like a woman on the logo, symbolises the fertility of ideas in the broadcasting profession and being implemented by fertile minds.
“The raised hands clutching a star represented triumph borne of the excellence which the Nigeria Broadcasting Awards sought to recognise, celebrate and reward”.
Addressing journalists at the unveiling, the Chairman of the BON, Mr John Ugbe said; “this is aimed at embodying international awards for outstanding achievement in Television and Radio as well as distinguished achievement and meritorious service in Broadcasting among others.”
According to him, the award is not limited to members of BON alone but to all broadcasters in Nigeria.
He said; “There are quite a few other categories for which awards would be given to across radio and television and in order to achieve successful Awards, BON at its 76th General Assembly approved the composition of the awards steering committee drawn from public and private broadcast media houses.”
Similarly, a Director at DAAR Communications Plc, Dupe Oladeinde, applauded the Broadcasting Organisations for organising the broadcast awards.
Oladeinde said; “it is important to celebrate those who have added value to the general populace and to the development of the country through their work as broadcasters.”
“These are the reasons it is good to actually celebrate them, especially those who are still leaving. What about those who have gone? So it is good to celebrate the outstanding broadcasters now, to motivate them to do more.”
He commended the award coming from the umbrella body, the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria as something of great value which is actually giving and recognising the award.
The categories of awards for this year include Radio station/ Best Television Station of the Year, Best Radio station-/ Best Television- News in English, Best Radio station/ Best Television-“Indigenous language”, Best Radio/ Best Television station-original production “English”, Best Radio/ Best Television station-original production “Indigenous language” and Best Radio/ Best Television Show-English.
Others are; Best Radio/ Best Television Show- Indigenous language, Newscaster of the Year- Radio/Television, Reporter of the Year -Radio/Television, (12) Presenter of the Year – Radio/Television amongst others.
BON is an umbrella body for private and public broadcasters in Nigeria. It is an independent, non-governmental association of all private, public, commercial and community electronic media organisations with more than 300 media houses in Nigeria as members.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
