Delivering Justice By The Riverside: ETI-OSA Courts Complex To Be Delivered Soon

With the assessment report by the Eti-Osa Lawyer’s Forum – ELF,
the New Eti-Osa Court Complex located at Ajah-Addo Road, Eti-Osa
Lagos will soon be completed and delivered to the State
Government.

The Executive Members of the Eti-Osa Lawyers’ Forum led by her
Chairman, Sanni M. M. A, went on an inspection of the new Court
Complex project by the Lagos State Government located at Okeira
Nla, along Ajah-Addo Road, Eti-Osa LGA, on the 25th of September
2019. Other members present were Abiye Tam George (Vice Chairman),
Abioye Akerele (Secretary), Chinyere Nwaogu Akomor (Financial
Secretary) and Saheed Sanni (Treasurer).

This was one of the regular visits since the commencement of
construction in 2012, the last being in July 2019. The pace of
development taking place at the complex is rapid, and it was
observed that the Court Complex is at an advanced stage of
completion, with a dedicated transformer and a 500kva generator
delivered already to the site.
Members of the inspection team expressed delight at the Courts’
extensive air conditioning system.

Upon further inspection of the premises, the ELF were excited to
discover that no attention has been spared to detail. Other
features include a ramp for otherwise physically challenged users,
a conference room, Lawyers’ Lounge, and an NBA Office. The
Courtrooms, five in number, are well designed and apportioned to
encourage efficiency in justice delivery.

From the top floor, the ELF were overwhelmed by the beauty of
the panoramic view of the lagoon, which could be viewed from the
rear side of the facility, especially from one of the courtrooms at
the second floor. No one would have guessed this overwhelming
scenery from the entrance /front view of the court which itself
reveals an architectural masterpiece.

The beauty of the lagoon which stretches along communities in
Eti-Osa all the way back to Lagos Island, Ikorodu and beyond remind
all that the Court is located in Eti-Osa which literally means,
“the banks of the river”.

The contractor was on hand to receive the Eti-Osa Lawyers Forum
members, and expressed confidence in the company’s ability to hand
over the completed project to the Lagos State Government in record
time.

The Court Complex assesed to be at 90% completion and comprising
High Courts and Magistrate Courts will no doubt be an additional
landmark to the Ajah area as well as the entire Eti-Osa Local
Government when opened. But more importantly, it will no doubt
greatly enhance Justice delivery within and around the Eti-Osa
environs.

By every indication, all is almost set for the commencement of
the Eti-Osa Courts Complex which is expected to be designated as
Eti-Osa Judicial Division in response to the yearnings of the
people of Eti-Osa.

NAF, CBN, IMPR Bag Global PR Awards
in Armenia
The Nigerian Airforce (NAF), the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) and
Image Merchants Promotions have bagged the Golden World Awards of
Excellence in Public Relations in Yerevan, Armenia.

The awards instituted by the International Public Relations
Association (IPRA) recognise most outstanding PR campaigns across
the globe.

While the Nigerian Airforce won the Crisis Management category
of the award for its counter-terrorism campaign, the Central Bank
of Nigeria bagged Crisis Communication award for deploying social
media to counter rumours on a fire incident at its
headquarters.

The campaigns by the two Nigeria’s organisations were
coordinated in collaborations with the Image Merchants Promotion
Limited publishers of PRNigeria^[1] and Economic
Confidential.

Previous winners of the Golden World Awards from Nigeria
included the Nigeria Prison Service, the Centre for Crisis
Communication and Office of the National Security Adviser. All the
awards had also received African Public Relations awards on
Superior Achievement in Branding Reputation and Engagements.

Speaking at the event, the IPRA
President, Svetlana Stavreva said the 2019 awards are the world’s
most diverse, fierce and creative PR Competition, showing how
global professional are setting new standards for meaningful
communication.

She said “A Panel of International Jury from 23 countries
shortlisted the finalists online in the first round while another
Panel of Judges convened in London to select the eventual winners
on a single intensive workday using IPRA’s custom-built GWA
system.”

While receiving the award on behalf of the Nigeria air force,
the Chief of Administration, AVM Kingsley Gompen Lar and Director
of Public relations, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola acknowledged
the foresight of NAF leadership in repositioning the service into a
highly professional and disciplined force that is well respected at
home and abroad.

The PRNigeria^[2] founder, Yushau Shuaib
commended the organisers of the award for recognising PR campaigns
from Nigeria among the winners of Golden World Awards in the last
four years.

“The awards demonstrate the need for communicators to always
adhere to ethical standards, promote best practices and ensure
transparency in PR campaigns through deliberate plans of action,”
Shuaib said.

About 30 countries across the continents were represented at the
award. While government agencies in Russia, United Kingdom, Turkey,
China, UAE, Saudia Arabia, Indonesia and Norway received awards at
the event, majority of the campaigns were coordinated by PR
agencies.

Some of the PR agencies that received the Golden World Awards
included Dentsu Public Relations Inc, Global Media Alliance, Weber
Shandwick, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Image Merchants Promotions,
Stratcomm Africa, HVDM, Sunny Side-Up, FleishmanHillard and Orta
Communications.

Among the popular brands whose campaigns received the awards
include Google, Coca Cola, Tetra Pak, HSBC, Siemens, IKEA,
McDonald’s, Roche Pharmaceutical, Fords, Adidas, Pan American
Energy. University of London, Aramco among others.

By PRNigeria^[3]