A Philanthropist, Chief Funmilayo Bodunde is to be conferred with Icon of Humanitarian Service and Community Development Award by Kogi State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Chief Bodunde, who is the Yeye Oba of Iyara land is a Philanthropist per excellence who has contributed immensely to humanity and communities both within and outside Kogi State.
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According to a letter signed by Chairman of the Union, Alhaji Ademu Seidu Haruna and Secretary, Comrade Olusegun Ayindero-Oyenibi and dated 12th August 2024, the Award followed a painstaking process as she is the only personality endorsed for the Award in Kogi West Senatorial District.
The letter reads “We write to convey the approval of the State Executive Council, SEC, of NUJ to confer on You the Union’s Award of Icon of Humanitarian Services and Community Development.
“The decision of the State Executive Council of the Union for the conferment of the Award also received the endorsement of the Congress of the Union.
This Award is in recognition of your various selfless services that have helped in alleviating the plight of the less privileged in the society especially women.
The investiture of the Award will hold at the grand finale of the Union’s Press Week slated for 20th August, 2024 at Edge Drive Hotel, Lokoja at 10am where Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo is also to be coffered as the Grand Patron of the NUJ.
