Adebayo Adenrele
The Online Media Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ekiti state council has won the best chapel award of the year.
The Chairman of the state Council, Comrade Kayode Babatuyi made the declaration during the grand finale of the Press Week held on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, the State capital.
Online media chapel won the award based on its ingenuity, timely and accurate reportage of events which has placed the Chapel above all other Chapels of NUJ in the State as members of the public always rely on them as source of news.
Receiving the monetary award, the Chairman of the Online Media in Ekiti, Comrade Ayodele Abere, commended the leadership of NUJ in the state for the award.
Comrade Abere used the occasion to charge all online journalists to brace up for more tasks ahead, saying the recognition would spur the chapel to do more in terms of timely, accurate and objective reportage to all happenings.
He said since online media is now a veritable platform for information dissemination, all members of the general public should always utilize it.