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Chairman, Steering Committee, The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards (TNBA), Guy Murray-Bruce, has declared the awards, billed to hold in November, will make the Nigerian broadcasting sector a formidable force in the black world.
Murray-Bruce, who is the president of Silverbird Group, made the declaration, yesterday, during an interview on Wazobia FM.
TNBA, promoted by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), is a first-of-its-kind professional excellence recognition and reward platform.
According to Murray-Bruce, the primary objective of the awards is to motivate professionals to attain higher standards as a means of further contributing to national development.
“If people are recognised and rewarded, they will be motivated to do more and if they do more, they will make the Nigerian broadcasting industry a formidable force in the black world,” he said.
He added that the committee he chairs will soon announce a call for entries into the 13 award categories and calls on broadcast professionals to enter their works for consideration by a panel of judges that will soon be announced.
Also speaking on the programme, Jenkins Alumona, managing director/chief executive officer of Strategic Outcomes Limited, consultants to TNBA, described the awards as independent, as they will be “given by broadcasters to broadcasters.”
“TNBA will be awards by broadcasters to broadcasters and devoid of sponsors’ influence. While we seek sponsorship backing for the awards, sponsors will have no role in adjudication, as entries will be rated by a panel of judges comprising active and retired broadcasters with integrity and stellar professional records. The process will also be run by a top audit firm as a way of stamping fidelity on it,” Alumona said.
He also called on sponsors to take advantage of the visibility the platform provides, as the awards have secured the buy-in of about 300 BON member private and public radio and television stations across the country.
