The Publisher and Editor-in Chief of the Community Watchdog Newspaper, Comrade Precious Uwadikechere Nwadike, has been nominated as “Media Personality of the Year” by an Owerri-based Non Governmental Organization (NGO) “Imo Community Development Association”.

Comrade Nwadike, a human rights activist and Co-ordinator Imo State chapter of the “Ourmumudondo Movement”, is one of the 10 distinguished Imolites and institutions slated to be honoured with merit award at a scheduled “excellence award ceremony, for their visible contributions to the society through Community Watchdog Newspapers in-depth reportage, and investigative journalism.

In a letter of nomination to Comrade Nwadike, the immediate past President of Orluzurumee Youth Association, the association stated that his choice as Media Personality of the Year for Imo 2017 was arrived at after a scrutiny of the antecedents and achievements of the nominee and the outfit by the board of the Association.

The association observed that political will is a good leadership quality that every leader needs to execute doubting issues and that the award is in line with “our belief in recognizing personalities and institutions that have exhibited excellence, boldness and courage towards making Imo State and Nigeria better places to live.

Imo community Development Association, organisers of the Excellence Award, is the first NGO that has attracted the highest number of federal presence in the history of Imo State through N-power as a social intervention programme for the unemployed graduates in Nigeria and market interest free loans for small scale businesses.

The Excellence award ceremony is expected to take place from 12 noon on February 24, 2018 at Rockview Hotel Owerri.