Hameed Oyegbade receiving the plaque of the Award from CONYO Coordinator Taiwo Adedayo |
The
Congress of Nigerian Youth, Osun State chapter has honoured the Chairman of the
Correspondent Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists in Osun State, Prince
Hameed Oyegbade with an Award of Excellence in recognition of his contributions
to the society and youth related matters.
The
Coordinator of CONYO in the state, Amb. Taiwo Adedayo resented the plaque of
the award to Prince Hameed Oyegbade at the secretariat of the Osun NUJ
Correspondents Chapel Osun in Osogbo, the state capital on Thursday.
In
his brief remarks, Adedayo said the group carefully selected the recipient and
that the honour was based on merit. He urged Prince Hameed Oyegbade to see the
award as a challenge to spur him to do more.
While
responding, Prince Hameed Oyegbade expressed gratitude to CONYO for considering
him worthy of the honour and promised to continue to serve the humanity with
total committeemen and dedication.
According
to him, “I like to thank CONYO for this honour as I pray to God to give me more
wisdom and strength to do more and justify this award. I thank CONYO for
honouring me with this award and I’m grateful.”
Members
of the Osun NUJ correspondents’ Chapel who attended the event include Mr Tunji
Omofoye of Guardian newspaper, Mr Clement Adeyi of Daily SUN newspaper, the
Secretary of the Osun State Council of NUJ, Comrade Boladale Bamigbola of
Business Day newspaper, Pastor Josuah Dada of Leadership newspaper, the
Secretary of the Correspondents Chapel, Comrade Niyi Ajibola of Daily Post, Otunba
Gbenga Olarinoye of Vanguard newspaper, Mr Yinka Kolawole of This Day
newspaper, Mr Lateef Dada of Blue Print newspaper, Mrs Florence Babasola of
Alaroye, Mr Oluwole Ige of Tribune newspaper among others.
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