The Delta State Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, has bagged the Delta State National Union of Journalists award at the end of a four-day Press Week in Asaba, the state capital.
Utuama was honoured with the Delta NUJ Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding contributions to good governance, peace, social and political development of Delta State.
Presenting the award, the Delta State NUJ chairman, Comrade Norbert Chiazor, said the nation would be better for it if more intellectual and successful professionals join in the process of providing quality leadership for the people.
The Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, who represented the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, described the awardee as a meticulous and thorough administrator.
Ogeah recalled the days when he was a student of Utuama in the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.
In his response, Utuama thanked the NUJ, saying he was excited by the honour and assured that the award would spur him on to always do his best for the state and Deltans.
Three other persons were also honoured by the NUJ.
They were Hon. Raymond Edijala, a Transition Committee Chairman, who bagged the Distinguished Service Award for contributions to Local Government Administration and Rural Development in the state; Victoria Sillo Fregene, the President and Founder of Destiny Helpers International; and Francis Eyituoyor-Maku.
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