Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, has announced that its Quill Awards will hold on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Lagos.
The company disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday.
The statement said, “The ‘Promasidor Quill Awards’ is a platform in Nigeria to reward journalists for dedicated news reportage on industry, education, corporate social responsibility and nutrition issues all year round.
“The awards cover five categories among which are the Brand Advocate of the year, Best Corporate Social Responsibility Report of the year, Most Educative Report of the year, Best Report on Nutrition and the Best Photo Story of the year.”
Head, Legal and Public Relations, Promasidor Nigeria, Mr. Andrew Enahoro, said arrangements had been concluded for the debut edition of the awards.
Enahoro said as part of preparation for the awards the company had appointed five distinguished professionals in their various fields of endeavour as judges to select winners for the different categories of the awards, remarking that the judges were carefully chosen because of the regard the company attached to the awards.
He listed the judges as Ambassador Patrick Dele Cole, a veteran journalist, who will serve as chairman of the panel; Prof. Emevwo Biakolo, Dean of School of Media and Communication of the Pan African University; Mr. Jide Ologun, Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Lagos Chapter; Kadaria Ahmed, former editor of 234 Next; and Kelechi Obi Amadi, a renowned international painter and photographer.