Bayelsa to host Newsray Leadership Awards

All roads lead to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital for the 2013 prestigous Newsray Leadership Award expected to hold at the Banquet Hall of Bayelsa State Government House (Creek Haven), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Former Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Sir Tunde Akogun is expected to chair the occasion.
Three monarchs from the North are selected in view of their exceptional contributions towards peace in the country. They are the Emir of Damaturu, Yobe State, Ibn Umar Alamin El kanemi, Shehu Hashimi II, the Emir of Machina, Yobe State, Alhaji Bashir Albashir Bukar Machinama, and the Emir of Talata-Mafara, Zamfara State, Dr. Muhamadu Barmo Bello.
Others scheduled to receive awards are the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Agbedi Fred, the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State chapter, Mr. Akono Solomon Tarinyo as well as the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Yobe State, Kabir Kolo Hajja Asmau, among others.
The event would have Governor Seraike Dickson as Special Guest of Honour while Ambassador Ibrahim Gusau (Wamban Gusau) is the Guest of Honour.
The Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma is scheduled to deliver the keynote address, while King A.J Turner, will grace the occasion as Royal Father of the Day, Hon. Marie Ebikake is the Mother of the Day.