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| Editor In Chief,CKN Nigeria Left Presenting the Award To Dangote's Tony Chiejena |
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It all had the trappings of a successful outing, when
the CKN Nigeria editorial team arrived the headquarters of Nigeria’s
conglomerate Dangote Group of Companies on Kingsway road Ikoyi on Friday 23rd
November 2012 to present the company with CKN Nigeria’s 1st Social Media
Award.
The award which was instituted by Nigeria’s undisputed
number one online News media was to celebrate achievers and organization.
On hand to receive the team were top management of
Dangote Groups led by its Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Anthony
Chiejena
The Editor in Chief of CKN Nigeria,Chris Kehinde
Nwandu, commended the organization for becoming the first winners of the award.
He took the management team through the processes that
led to Dangote’s selection based on several thousands voting through its twitter, facebook,
blackberry and homepage handles.
According to him,10 organizations were nominated for
the CKN Nigeria’s Social Media Award (Corporate Organization Category of the Year)..This
was pruned down to five, three and eventual winner.
Dangote’s unique selling points were n the area of
human capital, employment, corporate social Responsibilities and responsive customers’
care.
He congratulated the management team of Dangote Groups
for a job well done, hoping that award will spur it to greater height.
Responding on behalf of the Chairman, Dangote Group of
Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. the company’s Director of Corporate Communications,
Anthony Chiejena thanked the CKN Nigeria editorial team for selecting the
company for the award.
He said the cardinal principle of the company through
its products and services is to better the lives of Nigerians.
He stated that the CKN Nigeria award was the first of
its kind to be accepted and received by the organization, hinting that the Social
media has become a huge medium for information dissimilation across the world.
He commended the editorial team for the wonderful job it’s
doing to project the image of Nigeria across the world and telling the world
about Nigeria from a home grown perspective.
He informed the team that the company decided to accept
the award after thoroughly scrutinizing the genuineness of the Media platform
which it found out not only credible but widely read and accepted by Nigerians
at home and in the diaspora..CKN Nigeria