Nigerian Tribune Maritime Reporter, Tola Adenubi on Tuesday won the N1m cash prize for the Pius Akutah Best Maritime Reporter of the Year award at the 27th edition of the Maritime Industry Merit Awards (MIMA) held in Lagos.
Presenting the award, the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers Council, Dr. Pius Akutah who was represented by a Director in the Council, Mr. Moses Abere, explained that the award was in recognition of impactful maritime journalism.
The award ceremony also saw Terminal operators, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officials, Customs Brokers amongst many others win awards in different categories.
Notable among other awardees include the West African Container Terminal (WACT); Sifax Group; Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, Dera Nnadi; Customs Area Controller for Apapa Command, Babatunde Olomu; and Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Olusegun Oduntan.
Others are- Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, Engineer Sarat Braimah; General Manager of LASWA, Damilola Emmanuel; Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho; frontline tourism expert, Frank Meke amongst many others.
