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It was yet another delightful evening in the history of Students Media Personalities, Nigeria (SMPN). It was the second edition of the SMPN AWARD Night, tagged: SMPN 13 Delectable Awards. The ceremony held on the 30th of December, 2021. This was done to mark the culmination of activities of SMPN for the year 2021.
The award committee had the ceremony well planned such that everyone that attended the ceremony was carried along. Even though it was done virtually, majorly to avoid the continuous spread of COVID-19, particularly the Omicron variant, the organization was top notch.
SMPN has over 8 chapters across Nigeria and all of them were duly represented in full attendance.
The event was anchored by the terrific Blessing Alasa, the HR of the organization. The program kicked off at exactly 8pm with an opening prayer. That was followed immediately by the welcome address delivered by the convener of the organization, Anthony ‘Devoyce’ Dimnwaka. The speech was backed up with a resounding applause.
Right after, introduction of guests, sponsors and leaders from different chapters was done. The sponsors for this year award night are Mr. Edwin Evbie of Maritime Services Catamaran Group; Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, the Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Sultan Grey and Ayodeji Rotinwa. Others are Samuel Areo, Samuel Akintan and Oma Areh.
Dixon Damilola Paul, who is the Director of SMPN and doubled as the chairman of the award committee, also delivered his speech.
At about 8:40pm, presentation of the first set awards was done. These are the awards in the non-voting category. A short speech from the awardees followed.
Lekan Otufodunrin, who was the keynote speaker, delivered his address about a few minutes past 9pm. In his address, he urged the members of SMPN to always be focused and be ready to give sacrifices in order to achieve their goal of being a media personality.
Right after the keynote speech, the second set of awards which fall under the voting category were presented. In their acceptance speech, the awardees appreciated the organization for the privilege to serve and to ultimately be recognized.
The guest speaker for the night, Mr Edwin Evbie also delivered his speech.
Presentation of other awards followed, then vote of thanks and closing remarks.
The event was concluded minutes past 10pm.
Below is the full list of the awardees.
Edwin Evbie
THE EDWIN EVBIE SMPN AWARD for Best Executive
(KAMARA UGWUEKE)
THE EDWIN EVBIE SMPN Leadership Award
(SOTUBO AYOMIDE)
THE LEKAN OTUFODURIN SMPN AWARD for REVELATION of The Year Award
(Precious Ewuji)
THE SULTAN GREY SMPN Award for Excellence
(Obega Favour)
THE AYODEJI ROTINWA SMPN AWARD FOR Most Influential Male
(Odeyemi Oluwadamilare)
THE AYODEJI ROTINWA SMPN AWARD FOR Most Influential female
(Opeyemi Owoseni)
THE SAMUEL AREO SMPN Innovation Award
(Adeshina Aminat)
THE SAMUEL AKINTAN SMPN Creativity Award
(Precious IBEH)
THE OMA AREH SMPN AWARD FOR Chapter of The Year
(SMPN OAU)
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