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Falana Bags Wole Soyinka ‘Human Rights Defender’ Award
Respected legal practitioner, Femi Falana (SAN), has received the ‘Human Rights Defender’ award presented by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).
Eko Hot Blog gathered that Eight Nigerian journalists also bagged awards and commendations from the WSCIJ for their dogged strides in investigative journalism.
WSCIJ, since its inception in 2005, organises the annual event to acknowledge best practices in investigative journalism which focuses on ensuring accountability and social justice.
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It was also gathered that the award has produced 98 finalists, 50 laureates, 10 investigative journalists of the year and 22 honorary award recipients.
The 2020 edition, which is the 15th anniversary of the award, took place on Wednesday at NECA house in Ikeja, Lagos.
Abigail Ndisika-Ogwezzy, chairman of the 2020 board of judges, who spoke during the award said 188 entries were received, adding that the 2020 edition of the award is special because the centre focuses on the use of the “instrumentality of journalism to draw the attention of duty bearers on the need for the country to remain focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
“This special edition interrogates SDGs with emphasis on the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the steps taken by government to contain it and curtail the aggravated exposure to poverty, hunger, lack of access to education, limited health care, inequality between female and male persons and other issues occasioned by pandemic,” she said.
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