Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has applauded practitioners in the state for their supportive role in driving the development efforts of his Assured Prosperity Agenda.<\/p>\n
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\u200eSenator Diri gave the commendation on Thursday at the 12th edition of the Bayelsa Media Awards (BMA) 2025 in Yenagoa, the state capital.<\/p>\n
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\u200eGovernor Diri, who described the media as a veritable platform in strengthening modern democracy, commended its practitioners for effective reportage which has helped to foster a better understanding between the government and the people.<\/p>\n
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\u200eRepresented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, he also described theme of the event: “Bayelsa First: Promoting Culture,\u00a0 Driving Investment Through Media,” as very apt and in alignment with his administration’s vision for the state.<\/p>\n
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\u200eHe noted that BMA has become the pride of the state government in view of its efforts towards celebrating the best in the Bayelsa media industry as well as projecting government’s policies and programmes.<\/p>\n
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\u200eAccording to him, the ASSURED Prosperity Government is striving to actualize its mandate in ensuring sustainable peace and security,\u00a0 infrastructural development, good security, education, health, power supply and progress in other critical sectors of the local economy.<\/p>\n
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\u200eWhile congratulating winners of this year\u2019s BMA Awards, the Bayelsa Governor said the event should serve as a source of inspiration to all media workers towards ensuring diligence and committment in their duties.<\/p>\n
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\u200eHe however stressed the need for media practitioners to uphold the ethics of their profession given its central role in shaping public awareness.<\/p>\n
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\u200eHis words: “I want the Bayelsa Media to define the subject matter for which we want Bayelsa to be first. As a government, we have agreed that there will be no negotiation about development: be it in infrastructure, peace and security, power, health, education, information dissemination, maritime and blue economy, agriculture.<\/p>\n
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\u200e”So we are marching deliberately and concertedly to what we want to achieve in these and other areas. In the area of education, we have seized the initiative and we are marching forward.<\/p>\n
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\u200e”As you are aware there is no tertiary institution that does not have a valid accreditation. That is why we are saying that there is no negotiation on education. In the area of health, our indices have turned around in the last one year.”<\/p>\n
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\u200eDelivering a keynote address, Professor Barclay Ayakoroma, said the theme of the event tagged “Bayelsa First: Promoting Culture, Driving Investment through Media”, highlighted the importance of culture, particularly language and food, which he described as a unifying factor.<\/p>\n
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\u200eHe noted that one of the surest way\u00a0 of propagating culture of the state is by engaging the media, pointing\u00a0 out that Ijaw music has failed to go international because it has not been properly promoted.<\/p>\n
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\u200eIn his remarks, the Initiator and Project Manager of the Bayelsa Media Awards, Mr. Victor Binawari, commended the state government for its sponsorship of\u00a0 BMA’s last three editions.<\/p>\n
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\u200eAccording to Mr. Binawari, Presenter of The Year Award, the Report of the Year Award Newscaster, Reporter of The Year were sponsored by Governor in previous editions, adding that the governor approved the fourth category which was the News Editor of The Year Award for the Year 2025 edition.<\/p>\n
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\u200eHighpoint was the presentation of Exceptional Excellence to the state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as well as other media personalities.<\/p>\n
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\u200eWinners of the various categories of the SDD Prize 2025 include, Reporter of The Year, Print cum Broadcast which went to Mr Joseph Kunde of TVC, while Mr Irorofa Okutuatin of Radio Bayelsa.got the Best Presenter of the Year Award<\/p>\n
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\u200eAlso, Mrs Tariere Nelson-Abali of Radio Bayelsa clinched the Newscaster of the Year Award, Jacobson Park of Golden FM got the Sports Programme of The Year, while Radio Bayelsa emerged Radio Station of The Year.<\/p>\n
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\u200ePidgin Programme of The Year was awarded to Royal FM’s ‘E Make Sense Morning Show’ on Royal FM, Newspaper of The Year National went to Dailly Champion while Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) got the TV Station of The Year Award.<\/p>\n
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