Ikenga Awards and Entertainment Disassociates Self from Princess Stella Oduah’s Award

 

The management of award winning outfit Ikenga Entertainment and Awards through its Chief Executive Officer Chris Nwandu has disassociated his organization from the purported Ikenga Award given the former Aviation Minister Princess Stella Oduah by an organization last week.

According to Chris Nwandu, who is also the Publisher and Editor In Chief of Nigeria’s online media platform CKN Nigeria, It has become necessary for us to issue out this press statement due to the numbers of text messages, phone calls and emails from Nigerians across the globe who have been making equerries to know if the award was organized by our organization.

As everyone must have been aware, our organization has since 2009 being in the forefront of organizing the prestigious Ikenga Merit Award and Miss Ikenga pageant.

The Ikenga Award which is registered by the CAC and patent by the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry has been in the forefront of recognising and celebrating Nigerians of Igbos extraction who have distinguished themselves in their chosen profession.

Over the years, we have created an enviable reputation and record in our quest to celebrate Igbo sons and daughters who have contributed to the growth and development of Igboland and Nigeria as a whole.

Our selection process has been transparent and our awards have been devoid of any rancour.

In as much as we do not have anything against the award given to the former Aviation Minister as a distinguished daughter of Igboland, we want to place on record that our organization Ikenga Entertainment and Award is the ONLY organization legally registered and authorized to organize the Ikenga Merit Award .

Any other organization that arrogates to itself such powers is only pirating our organization.

The Ikenga Merit Awards is a biannual event that celebrates and recognizes Igbos in the area of Media, Music, Movie, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology and Sports.

Some of our past winners include, renowned Movie Producer, Amaka Igwe, Nollywood actor, Kanayo O Kanayo, Nigerian pop star Nigga Raw, Prof Chinua Achebe, Chief Bishop Okonkwo, Senator Pius Anyim,Kanu Nwankwo,Prof  Emeagwali, NBC Director General Emeka Mba, Ibeto group, Chris Ubosi, CEO of (Naija Fm, The Beats FM and Classic FM) ,Innoson group amongst others.

We therefore wish to use this opportunity to inform all Nigerians and Igbos at home and in the diaspora that arrangement is being put in place towards hosting this years’ Ikenga Merit Award which will be in ten categories.

For further details, kindly visit www.ikengaentertainmentng.com for details.