2017 NIGERIA NATIONAL DEMOCRACY AWARD

2017 NIGERIA NATIONAL DEMOCRACY AWARD (ANNUAL NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY MERITORIOUS HONOR AWARD) Overview The Democratic Writers Association of Nigeria (DWAN) in conjunction with the Conference of Young Nigerian Democrats has created eight different national awards to recognize the outstanding efforts of Nigerian politicians and democracy activists/promoters. The awards are: Albert Macaulay Prize for Quality Party Leadership This award recognizes an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the promotion of democratic practices and principles in the country. Gani Fawehinmi Prize for Outstanding Political Activism This award recognizes an individual for his or her outstanding contributions to advancing the country’s democratic agenda. Best Political Party of the Year Award This award recognizes one political party that has made a significant and largely unrecognized contributions to the growth of democracy in Nigeria. Most Outstanding National Chairman of the Year Award This award recognizes a national chairman of a registered political party for demonstrating outstanding democratic leadership to his or her party. Most Outstanding State Chairman of the Year Award This award recognizes one state chairman of a registered political party for demonstrating outstanding democratic leadership to his or her party. Most Outstanding Woman Leader of the Year Award This award recognizes a woman leader of any registered political party for her outstanding contributions to advancing women agenda in the country’s democratic settings. Most Outstanding Youth Leader of the Year Award This award recognizes a youth leader of any registered political party for his or her outstanding contributions to advancing youth agenda in the country’s democratic settings. Awards Committee The awards will be determined by a committee consisting of eminent democrats who have made significant contributions to the promotion of country’s democracy. Their names shall be made known to the public soon. Once members of the committee see the award nominations, they must declare any conflicts of interest. Those seen to be in a conflict by the Chair will be excused for all deliberations concerning awards related to the conflict. Awards For each award (regardless of the number of recipients) the awardee(s) will receive a plaque recognizing the awardee(s)'s accomplishment(s), Certificates of Achievement and Excellence and a gift. The award winners will be announced in mid-September and the awards will be presented on the same day. To apply or nominate Send your CV, samples of your innovation/work addressed to the Coordinator - Wole Adedoyin – P.O. 6332, Agodi Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State. E-mail- woleadedoyin@gmail.com. You can also call – 08072673852, 08142693764

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