Nigerian
Breweries Plc has flagged off the 9thedition of the Golden Pen
Awards on Monday, July 3, 2017.
Kufre Ekanem,
Nigerian Breweries’ Corporate Affairs Adviser, explained to newsmen at the
flag-off ceremony which held in Lagos on Monday, that the award was introduced
to promote professionalism and objective reportage of events in Nigeria.
Mr. Ekanem
enjoined journalists from all media platforms with reports published and
broadcast in 2016, focusing on Agriculture, Local Sourcing and Industrial
Development to submit a maximum of three entries for the award.
The entries
should be sent to TPT International via goldenpenawards@tptinternational.com or the
corporate address on PR Place, 6/8 Bola Ogunsanya crescent, Magodo GRA,
Shangisha, Lagos.
The call for
entry will close on Friday, August 4, 2017.
The 9th
Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Awards Ceremony will hold on Friday October 6,
2017 where winners will be announced in the three categories of the award:
Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Reporter of the Year, Nigerian Breweries Golden
Pen Photojournalist of the Year and Nigerian Breweries Report of the Year.
The prizes for
winning entries for the awards have also been reviewed upwards. “The Nigerian
Breweries Golden Pen Reporter of the Year will get a cash prize of N2 Million
Naira plus a gift item, the first runner up will get N1 Million Naira while the
2nd runner up will go home with N750 Thousand Naira.”
In the
Photojournalist category; the overall winner will receive N1 Million plus a
gift item while the first and second runners up will be rewarded with N750
Thousand Naira and N500 Thousand Naira respectively.
The winner of
the Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Report of the Year will receive N1 Million
and a gift item.
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