the nation’s wealthy tradition of investigative journalism were given at the weekend a big recognition on the every year wole soyinka centre for investigative journalism (wscij) award in lagos.
multiple award-winning partner editor and head of investigations table adekunle yusuf received the grand prize.
yusuf’s access: how corruption, favouritism thrive in unilorin, posted from march 14 to sixteen, won the 2017 wscij nigerian investigative reporter of the yr. the entry also won the 2017 document of the year in the print journalism category.
yusuf, inside the 3-component series, painstakingly investigated and uncovered multiple economic crimes, plagiarism and nepotism, among different vices, at the college of ilorin (unilorin) in kwara state and the fountain college – a faith-primarily based school owned by nasrul-lahi-l-fatih society (nasfat)– in osun country.
participants of the judges’ panel, of their evaluation of entries submitted for the awards, praised specially yusuf’s resourcefulness and braveness in exposing the ingrained corruption in considered one of nigeria’s major citadels of learning.
within the quotation of the tale study at the occasion, the judges stated: “the tale is properly-written and it is a benchmark for different newspapers to emulate. the reporter made use of knowledgeable aid persons to interprete facts to make the narrative lucid and precise. for a well-rounded and punctiliously-researched tale, adekunle yusuf makes the list of the celebrated wscij nigerian investigative reporter of the 12 months.”
prof wole soyinka individually presented the grand prize to yusuf.
the winner hailed the centre for the respect but expressed unhappiness that the actors stated inside the story nevertheless enjoyed their privileges. the improvement, he stated, cast a slur on the integrity of the federal government’s in its anti-corruption battle.
yusuf, a graduate of the college of lagos (unilag) also holds a master’s diploma in journalism and mass verbal exchange from the university of wisconsin in madison, u.s. (u.s.). he was recipient of the worldwide ford basis fellowship among 2010 to 2012.
on account that joining the kingdom from tell in 2013 as assistant editor, yusuf has received awards with incisive memories.
a couple of-award winning editor of the worldwide centre for investigative reporting fisayo soyombo won the net category along with his access titled: in borno, kids are dying at idp camps, foodstuffs are disappearing at sema store.
top rate instances’ kemi busari and ripples nigeria’s ebere udukwu are first and 2d runners-up in the online category.
also, new telegraph’s mojeed alabi and business day’s chinwe agbeze were first and second runners up inside the print media class.
at the event, former schooling minister dr. oby ezekwesili and govt director of media rights agenda edetaen ojo obtained honorary awards in anti-corruption and human rights.
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