Nigeria gets her own Emmy Awards
Broadcasting
stations interested in the forthcoming Television and Radio Festival
and Awards, have up till tomorrow, Thursday, September 30, to submit
their entries.
The awards ,
jointly packaged by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and
International Network for Television and Radio Advancement (INTARA),
holds in Delta State from December 1 to 4.
Submission of
entries closed officially on September 15, but organisers extended it
by a further period of two weeks, which ends tomorrow.
Coordinator of the
festival and awards, Albert Ephraim, disclosed that the Delta State
government is hosting the event with support from the Federal Ministry
of Information and Communications, and International Energy Insurance
Plc. Other supporters are Consolidated Estates Building Society Ltd.
and May and Baker Plc.
“We are extremely
proud of our stepping up to the plate to create the first International
Television and Radio Festival in Nigeria. We are also happy about the
partnership with BON and other major industry stakeholders to
inaugurate Nigeria’s first Radio Awards and Television Awards,” said
Ephraim, of the festival and awards.
“This is indeed the birth of our own Emmy Awards, and we look
forward to major corporate support for their success. We expect the
Radio and Television Awards to be an integral pillar of our push for
excellence in television and radio programmes. We trust that it would
undoubtedly be the most respected and credible Radio and Television
Awards event in the Nigeria,” Ephraim said.
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