Ms Fadare’s scholarship to train at the BBC in the United Kingdom will be funded by Nigeria's office of UN Women
, on Saturday emerged as Nigeria’s best women reporter at a well-attended award ceremony in Lagos.
“This category is special to us, we will support your training at the BBC in the UK, and you will come back to do more,” Ms Eyong said.About award He said for the selection, they had some assessment perimeters, which included the essence at which women were used as sources for reports, and the 50-50 representation of men and women in the stories.
For the radio category, the Voice of Nigeria won, while Blueprint Newspaper won the print category. Arise News TV won the Television category, while Tech Cabal won the digital category.According to the CEO of Women Radio, Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, the award is aimed at recognising the collective and deliberate efforts of the media at changing female narratives, altering stereotypes, and closing gender imbalances, “as Nigeria is experiencing more visibility and reportage of women.
“With your dedication to sharing narrative and demanding accountability, you help make Nigeria a wonderful place for women,” she said.
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