Victor Ezeja
The Membership Council of the Institute of Corporate Administration has conferred a Fellowship Award on the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Sports Development, Mr Mohammed Manga.
This is in recognition of his dedication and commitment to public service in the country.
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According to a statement by Mrs Grace Njoku, Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, the Ministry of Sports Development, the approval for the conferment of the Award on Mr Manga by the Council “follows a series of evaluations of his stellar performance, hard work, upwardly mobile and visionary approach to administrative matters such as strict adherence to professionalism in the discharge of his assigned duties followed with positive results as well as public spiritedness.”
The statement said: the offer qualifies the spokesman of the Federal Ministry of Sports Development, as a senior member of the Institute, and “he can thus append FCAI after his name.”
The Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service and Fellowship is conferred on individuals who currently occupy supervisory, managerial or leadership positions in the public or private sector, academia or armed forces and have exceptionally distinguished themselves in their fields of endeavour.
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While presenting the Award to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar today in his office in Abuja, the Chief Accounting Officer, reminded him to see the Award as a call to higher responsibility.
“Let me first of all congratulate you on the Award of Fellowship. It is an Award well deserved but remember, Awards are meant to spur people to do more. I therefore challenge you to redouble your efforts. Keep on the good work and ensure you impact this spirit to those working under you. Be focused, resolute, humble, and always uphold professionalism in the conduct of government business, he said.
Recall that the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Mohammed Manga was honoured with the Spokespersons’ Award for year 2022 by IMR’s Image Merchants Promotion Limited after he emerged top best in the Resident Information Officers’ (RIO) category to become the first to win the Spokespersons Communication Award (SCA) out of the 145 entries screened by the panel of judges.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with seven years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication.
