Gov Adeleke Congratulates Lasisi Olagunju On Winning Dame Award
Governor Ademola Adeleke has sent a message of congratulations to Dr. Lasisi Olagunju for winning this year’s Dame Award, the top journalist has won the award three years in a row and the governor has also expressed delight at this incredible achievement.
The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) is a prestigious honour reserved for people who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. Dr. Olagunju, a renowned journalist and a columnist, was a DAME awards winner in 2019 and 2021, and he has maintained the tempo in 2022 – the 2020 edition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a congratulatory message on Monday, Governor Adeleke said the Dame Award was a further recognition of Dr. Olagunju’s outstanding contribution to the field of journalism.
The Governor noted that the professionalism, responsiveness and unbending principles of Dr. Olagunju explains the values accorded to his works at home and abroad.
‘Dr. Olagunju is one of the finest professionals we have around and I am excited that his contribution to our environment through his work is not going unnoticed.
I congratulate him on being a Dame Awards winner. It was a deserved honour going by how much he has used journalism as a tool of positive influence over the years’ the governor submitted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed.
Governor Adeleke expressed hope that Dr Olagunju will continue to do Osun proud and inspire young people in the state and beyond to aim higher in their chosen fields without compromising their integrity.
‘Dr Lasisi Olagunju’s winning work challenges the north to rise above the hypocrisy of not criticizing one’s kinsmen in public, denouncing it as dangerous in the face of growing insecurity. He calls for progressive redeployment of religion as a tool for peace, knowledge acquisition, and development.
Lasisi shows in the piece in question that he is comfortable with the English language. He weaves words confidently to convey a unique style that shows a man versed in the cultural wisdom and nuances of his audience. Olagunju’s writing is ever undergirded by disarming thoughtfulness, logic, courage of his convictions and self-evident scholarship.
Lasisi Olagunju is, today, a three-time winner of the Informed Commentary prize at the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) having won it in 2019, 2021, and 2022.
He attended the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife where he not only received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Studies but also got a First Class Honours . He was at the University of Ibadan for his Masters and Ph.D degrees respectively in Communication Arts and Political Communication. He also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
He joined the Nigerian Tribune as Senior Features Writer/Senior reporter, and rose to become the newspaper’s News Editor in June 1999 and Deputy Editor in 2001. He was Osun State Governor’s Chief Press Secretary from June 2003 to 2008 and Special Adviser on Media from 2008 to November 2010.
He returned to journalism in September 2011 and became the General Editor/Editorial Board member of the Nigerian Tribune until October 2012 when he was appointed as Editor, Saturday Tribune, a position he holds till date.
Olagunju, a poet, an author, and a researcher, has published a number of books including biographies. His collection of poems, Forest Flowers, was published in 2008. He writes the Monday Lines column for the Nigerian Tribune and has to his credit, over 500 informed articles written consistently every week for the past ten years.
Dr. Olagunju is married with children. It is my pleasure to present Lasisi Olagunju, winner of the Ahmed Onibudo Memorial Prize for Informed Commentary’ the statement added- Team@orientactualmags.com
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