Nestle Nigeria celebrates journalists, rewards excellence
By Felicia Nwosu
Nestlé Nigeria, a leading FMCG company with a legacy spanning over 5 decades, has held the third edition of its media awards for excellence to celebrate and pay tribute to the outstanding accomplishments by professionals and men of the fourth estate of the realm in Nigeria.
The incentive award, which ignited excitement and glamour, was held at the popular Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, and witnessed a remarkable turnout among the media and other key players in the FMCG space.
Giving her opening remarks, Victoria Uwadoka, Manager of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Nestle Nigeria, said the company is extremely proud to recognize journalistic hard work, resilience, dedication, innovation and audacity in living up to their roles as the watchdog and agenda setter of the society amidst hostility and poor working conditions. She also acknowledged Nestlé’s contributions in providing a platform for highlighting the expertise and dedication of journalists focused on specific areas.
“The Nestle Nigerian PLC Awards was put together to celebrate excellence in journalism, to acknowledge the outstanding work and contributions of media professionals to the development of our great country, Nigeria. This award continues to honour those who have demonstrated outstanding skills in reporting, investigating journalism, feature writing, and other categories. We are excited that we are now in the third edition, and we are going to be navigating better every year. The awards are part of Nestlé’s efforts to help build skills, improve our reporting standards, and ensure that we can get our news on global platforms to compete internationally,” she said.
The accomplished communication expert also spotlighted some of the awards categories, including best story, which aligned with Nestlé’s focus areas, such as Affordable Nutrition, Environmental Sustainability, Access to Water, Improving Household Incomes, Youth Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Finance, Building Thriving Communities, Agriculture, Nutrition Education for Children and WASH, published in print, online or broadcast channels.
The award criteria, according to the high-caliber jury consisting of eminent professionals who evaluated the entries, said it was based on accuracy, originality, impact, balance, depth and adherence to ethical standards. They noted how stiff the competition among the candidates was, revealing that a total number of 118 entries were received but the best came categories made it to the winning stage.
It was an inspiring evening filled with honour and excitement as some award recipients smiled home with various gifts items such as phones and laptops having emerged winners in several categories.
Some of the winners of the 2023 media award were Edet Udoh, the Managing Editor of The Revealer, who bagged four categories of awards, Kazeem Ibrahim, Amechi Obiakpu, and many others.
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