Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim, an award-winning journalist has been awarded with a certificate of excellence at the annual prestigious West African Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) 2021.
Auwal was honoured at the occasion which took place at Alisa hotel in Accra, Ghana, on October 22, 2021.
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It will be recalled that Auwal was shortlisted for the prestigious award on October 6, 2021 along with 20 other veteran journalists across the West African sub region.
The award-winning journalist has within two years demonstrated excellent performance in the field of journalism.
He was awarded as a finalist along with 20 others during the award organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa.
The finalists were selected from five west African countries after a thorough judging process by a five-member jury.
“The 2021 West Africa Media Excellence Awards received 711 entries from 14 countries in West Africa. The five-member jury after a thorough review of the entries shortlisted 21 finalists from five countries.” said the MFWA.
Auwal was among the 10 Nigerians honored at the award night.
Speaking after emerging as finalist, Auwal expressed his happiness saying “I am super excited to learn this. Alhamdu lilLah, this shows nothing but the fairness, balance and justice of my reports. May Allah help us.“
Recall that in 2020, he was selected as a fellow of African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC20) hosted by the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wits Journalism and also shortlisted for the annual Youth Digest Journalism Awards 2020.
Not only that, he has won the Inaugural Lekan Otufodunrin Journalists Awards 2021 recently and got nominated for another Global fellowship titled ‘Climate Tracker COP26’.