Izuchukwu OkosiOne of Nigeria oldest universities, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State has honoured the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi as its Sport Philanthropist of the Year.
The NFF boss, Sanusi is an alumni of the University and is said to still show great interest in projects that advance the cause of the institution on various fronts, Prime Business Africa gathered.
Meanwhile the ABU Microfinance Bank was conferred with the Corporate version of the award.
According to a special bulletin of the school, a total of 117 staff and units of the university were due to be conferred with “various categories of awards for their outstanding contributions to the objectives of the University and to national and international developments” on Wednesday, 24 January 2024.
The Ahmadu Bello University bulletin further reported that “their nominations were contained in a report of the University Reward and Recognition System Committee submitted to the University Management on Monday, 22nd January 2024.”
The seven-member Committee chaired by Professor Sani Abdullahi recommended 34 different categories of reward and recognition for staff and service units of the university.
The university’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Kabiru Bala had on 14th December 2023, approved the setting up of the Committee to institute a reward and special recognition system for staff members in general, and those who occupy positions of authority in the management of the University.
Founded on 4th October 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria, the Ahmadu Bello University is West Africa’s largest university with 82 academic departments, about 50,00 students and half-a-million alumni. It is named after the highly-respected first Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello.
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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