Izuchukwu OkosiExcellence will be rewarded on Friday as Alhaji Abba Abdulahi Yola receives the prestigious Thomas Sankara Leadership Prize for Pan-African Icon of Sports Renaissance Award.
Ciroman Yola, as Abba Abdulahi is fondly known is currently, Chief of Staff to Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare.
Widely acknowledged as a vastly experienced sports administrator, the organisers of the prestigious awards, Youth Partnership For Africa’s Development (YOUPAD), described him as a consummate Pan Africanist.
In the letter of recognition signed by President of YOUPAD, Hon. Coulibaly BN Hameed, it extols Abba Yola, for his leadership ideology and high administrative prudence. It also commended him for his hardwork and dedication to national service via the sports sector.
The softly spoken awardee was equally praised for his well articulated policies which has positively transformed sports development in various capacities of his services to Nigeria, as well as, his leadership with zero tolerance to corruption, nepotism and favouritism.
Past illustrious recipients of the prize include President Umar Al-Bashir of Sudan, IGP Ibrahim Idris and Prof. Chukwuma Ozumba, amongst other distinguished Africans.
The awards event holds, Friday, September 23rd, by 10am at 1, Bitou Crescent, Off Parakou Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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