Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, Executive Governor of Katsina State, has announced his acceptance of nomination by Editors of Verbatim News Magazine, as Nigeria’s Most Outstanding Governor in 2024, for uncommon strategic management of Security and Integrity in Service delivery.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission,ICPC , has also communicated acceptance of nomination for award by verbatim magazine as ‘’most impactful institution in the war against corruption in Nigeria in 2024’’.
Details are contained in a press statement by the management of Verbatim, Nigeria’s leading Investigative and General Interest magazine signed by Tobs Agbaegbu, Editor-in-Chief, on Sunday, February 16, in Abuja, to acknowledge receipt of letter from the Governors office in Katsina state and another letter from the ICPC which was earlier received. .
Verbatim explained in the press statement that its editors and management had earlier, after their annual assessment of performance of Governors in Nigeria, for 2024, communicated to the katsina Governor, their appreciation of his modest successes in management of the volatile security situation in his state, and his nomination for award in the 2024 edition of the annual Verbatim Media Award (VMA).
The Press statement by Verbatim disclosed that the Governor, in his acceptance letter signed by Abdullahi Akiyu Yar’Adua, Director of Press, also accepted to deliver a keynote address at the 13th anniversary of Verbatim which the media platform will hold as a joint event with the award presentation ceremony to the governor of Katsina and others, on Thursday, April 3 at Musa Yar’Adua Event Centre in Abuja.
In the statement signed by its Editor-in Chief, Verbatim magazine gave more insight about its upcoming two-in-one events, explaining that key components of the programs will follow precedents set by founders of the media establishment since 2012 when the first edition of the magazine rolled out.
The media platform announced that a number of personalities, drawn from the list of 36 state governors in Nigeria, Ministers and heads of government agencies, legislators, philanthropists and captains of industry will be honoured and presented with the prestigious Verbatim Media Awards (VMA) at the occasion, and that a renowned scholar will be named soon who will give this year’s Verbatim leadership lecture.
20 categories of awards where awardees are to be chosen from are to being considered, according to the statement. These include: awards for personality/man of the year; personality/woman of the year; governor(s) of the year;minister(s) of the year; long time achievement award, and honours for outstanding legislative performance.
He listed other categories to include: philanthropist(s) of the year, women of excellence award; CEO of the year, bank and bankers of the year; corporate excellence award for organizations and institutions; best brands award, to be chosen from products of industries in the private sector; and award for outstanding young people.
The aim, according to Agbaegbu is to inspire and promote excellence in work places, and one way is by identifying and encouraging personalities and institutions involved in great works of development and nation building in Nigeria. ‘’The media are great agents of change in every society and country and this is oneway verbatim editors and management chose to make a contribution annually ‘’, he said.
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