Sumaila Ogbaje of the News agency of Nigeria NAN has emerged the best reporter of the year while Mrs. Deborah Coker emerged as best editor of the year in the agency.
The managing director Mr. Mohamed Ali, while presenting cash donations and commendation letters to the deserving staff at a family picnic organised by the agency in Abuja, said the recognition was to encourage them to be more committed to hard work and professional excellence.
SpyeTV News reports that the family get together by the news agency of Nigeria was introduced by the managing director Mr. Ali Mohamed Ali to ensure a robust communication link that fosters a culture of openness and collaboration creating an avenue for free flow of ideas and feedback ensuring that every voice within the NAN family counts thereby reinforcing a sense of belonging and mutual respect among staff.
Mr. Ali explains that his objective was to create a team spirit among the entire NAN family for a more reliable effective and efficient news agency.
"A team that understands each other very well is a winning team and what we've done since we took charge is to build a team that first given the ever-changing media landscape and how news is being hunted being gathered is constantly evolving and we thought the agency cannot afford to have a team that is working across Papua.
"Now if you stop any member of staff of the agency in any department they will tell you exactly what's happening in the other department. You build a team and the goal is to be fast. The goal is to be fast with news." he said
The Chairman's calendar committee of the news agency of Nigeria, Mrs. Dukas-Joiner underscored the importance of building a team for more productivity. Once you work as a team you achieve much more.
"We are already succeeding in this teamwork. We are praying that in the next one year we'll see NAN getting to its peak." she stressed
Mr. Sumaila Ogbaje and Mrs. Deborah Coker who emerged best reporter and editor within six months of assessment said the recognition came to them as a surprise.
"It's a shocking news to me because I never expected but one thing I am sure of is that it's a challenge for me to do better going forward. I won't let the agency down and I will not let my family down. Honestly, it's unexpected.
"The recognition came to me as a surprise because I just come to the office, do what I love to do. Passion drives me. Honestly, I didn't see this coming.
"I thank God. He inspired me to do more, to give more to the best of my knowledge, believing that God will see us through. The urge management to sustain the efforts of recognising outstanding staff." he said