It was a moment of celebration for the Producer of the award winning News Programme, on Wazobia FM Abuja and Lagos, Demsay Demsay, Nnah Douglas, as he was honoured with an international Peace Award.
The award was given on Thursday, in Abuja, by a global humanitarian NGO known as World Organization of Ambassadors, with its headquarters in Argentina.
The award which was in collaboration with Hand Up Development Organisation, was in recognition of impacts made in the promotion of peace and development at community level.
Other beneficiaries of the Peace Award included the DG of the Nigerian Television Authority NTA, Mallam Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, and his counterpart from Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria FRCN, Dr. Mansur Liman as well as the founder of Dominion Chapel International, Bishop John Praise Daniel, amongst others.
In an address, the African Chancellor of the organization, His Excellency, Ambassador David Morondiya Aiye called on Nigerians and indeed Africans to become agents of peace, saying it will engender development of any country.
Speaking with newsmen, the FCT Zonal Coordinator of Hands Up Development Organisation, Ambassador Chinyere Dorothy Ilochi pointed out that preaching peace without acting it, amounts to a waste of time, adding that the organisation focuses more on supporting people in need.
She lamented the increase in banditry, kidnapping and other criminal acts across the country, while calling on Nigerians to work together to defeat the enemies of the country.
She said all the awardees were carefully selected due to their track record.
