Anthonia Obokoh, a BusinessDay Newspapers journalist, has emerged the winner of the 2019 Nordica Media Merit Award (NMMA) – Online category for merit in fertility reporting.
Obokoh, who won with her entry “How poor regulation threatens Nigeria’s booming N17bn IVF market,” was announced as one of the three winners of the annual awards organised by Nordica Fertility Centre in Lagos on Wednesday, April 17.
The story emphasised on how more Nigerian families are turning to the In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) procedure and the development that has led to a boom in the market, as improved awareness fuels greater patronage.
Other winners are Martins Ifijeh of Thisday Newspapers and Olasumbo Modupe of Lagos Television. They won in the print and electronic category, respectively.
Abayomi Ajayi, managing director, Nordica Fertility Centre, said the award process was well verified and a full prove method of choosing winners applied, but we wish and hope to get many more participants for this award.
“As part of the organisation’s efforts at rewarding excellence in fertility reporting in Nigeria, the quality stories will help raise more awareness on reproductive health issues.
“The winners of each of the categories were given plaques and N250,000 cash prize, and the organisation has been doing this since the past 16 years and we will continue to make progress because there is still a great room for improvement in what we are doing in the nearest future,” he said.
