Adeosun’s Fake NYSC:
Adeosun’s Fake NYSC: Abdulaziz wins Wole Soyinka
Investigative Journalist Award
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, a Premium Times associate editor, has won the
Wole Soyinka award for investigative journalist of the year (online
category) award.
He also won the coveted investigative reporter of the year
award.
Abdulaziz was awarded the top honour for exposing the National
Youth Corps Scheme (NYSC) exemption certificate forgery of Kemi
Adeosun, former minister of finance.
“We had to undergo a lot of challenges for the story to come
out,” Abdulaziz said in his acceptance speech.
“I think one important issue in all this is the issue of
tenacity in news reporting as well as the culture of staying on the
story.
“I think that was what we were able to do with this story, to
stay on it, to make it an issue and insist that it shouldn’t be
swept under the carpet no matter how much it was tried.
“I think today we celebrate. Today, we celebrate the courage of
a lot of Nigerians to come out on the issue. I had moments in the
course of pursuing this story that I felt dejected and felt as if
one was wrong.”
The first runner-up of the online category was Kemi Busari while
Oladeinde Olawoyin was commended for his work.
The three online finalists are from Premium Times.
The print category was won by Mojeed Alabi of New Telegraph
while Chinwe Agbeze was the runner-up.
Chinelo Ozoralor wọn the radio category, Sharon Ijasan of TVC
News wọn the television category while Azeezat Olaoluwa, also of
TVC, was a runner-up.
Bennett Omeke of PUNCH and Cornelius Emenike of New Telegraph
were commended for editorial cartoon.
Elliot Ovadje of Tribune was commended for his work in the photo
category which was won by Kolawole Aliu of Leadership
Newspaper.
By PRNigeria