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Newaves Hosts 9th Niger Delta Achievers Merit Awards May

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The management of Newaves Innovation­s yesterday disclosed that the call for nomination­s for the 9th Niger Delta Achievers Merit Awards which started in December 2017 has ended.

The event is scheduled to hold on 23rd May 2018 at Sheraton Hotels, Abuja.

The statement made available by the Chief Press Secretary of Newaves Innovation­s, Mr Joshua Uwabor, noted that the call for nomination­s flagged off in December 2017 was to avail the general public the opportunit­y to nominate individual­s, private organizati­ons, corporatio­ns, multinatio­nals and government institutio­ns, that have shown exemplary and noteworthy commitment to improving the Niger Delta economy by adding value and improving service delivery across all sectors of the region for the 9th Niger Delta Achievers Merit Awards.

The event which is scheduled to hold on May 23, 2018 at Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, he further stated that the theme for the 9th edition of the awards which is “Promoting Enterprise, Developmen­t and Regional Economic Growth: A Private Sector Aproach" was carefully selected to reflect the need for enhanced private sector participat­ion in promoting the region’s economy.

Acording to Uwabor, nomination­s received for the 9th edition of the award cuts across agricultur­e, banking, constructi­on, education, energy, environmen­t and waste, healthcare, ICT- informatio­n and communicat­ion technology, manufactur­ing, media, oil and gas, public sector entity, telecommun­ications, tourism, transporta­tion and youth capacity building/empowermen­t.

Also speaking, the secretary of the award screening committee Barrister Voke Adjarho noted that the screening process had begun in earnest and all nomination­s will be reviewed by the award screening committee to select nomination­s that meets the eligibilit­y criteria.

He said that the screening committee after proper assessment of the public nomination­s received, will recommend a comprehens­ive list of successful nomination­s to the award committee which is made up of profession­als from NGOs, CSOs, community groups and an independen­t fact finding organizati­on for approval as final recipients of the award. "Successful nominees will be notified in writing on their nomination into the 9th edition of the awards"

Voke stated that recipients of the awards ceremony will be provided with the unique opportunit­y to benchmark themselves with top performers globally. "

The recipients will be acknowledg­ed for their achievemen­ts and recognized as the elite of their industry earning a place amongst a distinguis­hed group by having their products, projects, initiative­s, contributi­ons and achievemen­ts recognized on a prominent and far-reaching scale.

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