Kenechukwu Ofoma, the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) reporter attached to the media crew of the Governor of Anambra state, Chief Willie Obiano has been honoured as the ABS Employee of the Month of April 2016. Mr. Ofoma was honoured for his dedication to duty, team spirit and high professional conduct. Through his daily reports and programmes on ABS Radio and TV particularly Government House Diary, Ndi Anambra and others are informed of the activities of the state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and the Anambra state government.
Speaking while presenting the award to Mr. Ofoma, the MD/CEO of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, Mr Uche Nworah said that he introduced the award in 2015 as a way of challenging, encouraging and motivating the staff. He described Mr Ofoma as a dogged and rugged soldier and praised the professional way he has gone about his assignment. He cited examples of how Kenechukwu and Johnson his cameraman had gone to Lagos by night bus on two important occasions to cover the Governor, first when His Excellency delivered a paper at the Pan Atlantic University and also during His Excellency’s stakeholder meeting with Ndi Anambra in Lagos followed by the Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year Award. He said Kenechukwu represents the true spirit of the new ABS. Concluding, Mr Nworah called on well meaning Ndi Anambra to co-sponsor the ABS Employee of the Month awards by either donating cash or materials to the winners and runners-up.
On his part, Mr Kenechukwu Ofoma thanked the ABS management for the honour and said that would spur him on to continue doing his best for the organisation.
The ABS Employee of the Month award comes with a certificate and a token cash prize. Winners of the monthly awards are automatically eligible for the ABS Employee of the Year award. In the maiden edition, Mrs Gloria Nweke of the ABS Finance department won the ABS Employee of the Year 2015.
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