THISDAY Reporter, Ebere Nwoji, Wins Insurance Award

James Emejo in Abuja

For two consecutive years, THISDAY’s Insurance Sector Correspondent, Ebere Nwoji, has emerged winners of the Print Media Reporter of 2023 award instituted by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in 2022.
NAICOM, which is the apex regulator of insurance sector in the country instituted the award to annually recognise journalists who have distinguished themselves in terms of knowledge of the sector and bringing to bear their wealth of efficiency and understanding to not only report the sector, but also analyse trends, issues and developments in the sector, thereby contributing to promoting, creating understanding of the  sector by diverse publics and boosting appreciation of its relevance in the economy.
Nwoji in 2022 won the maiden edition of the award out of over 100 journalists focusing on Insurance beat.
The award was conferred on her as the winner this year, for the second time in a series at the just concluded retreat for insurance journalists with the theme: “Improving Stakeholders Perception, 2023 and Beyond,”
The retreat was organised by NAICOM and was declared open by the Commissioner for Insurance and NAICOM’s Chief Executive Officer Mr. Sunday Thomas, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

While announcing Nwoji, Assistant Director / Head, Corporate Affairs of NAICOM Rasaq Salami, noted that having scanned through the print media – newspapers, magazines and cartoons, NAICOM found it worthy to award the 2023 Insurance Reporter to Nwoji.
“We monitored news reports, articles, cartoons and we monitored everything that has to do with insurance in newspapers and magazines and we found it worthy to award the 2023 Insurance Reporter to Mrs. Ebere Nwoji.”

The award drew ovations and applause as friends and colleagues attested to her skill and knowledge of the sector which was earlier affirmed by NAICOM Assistant Director  (Compliance Bureau life), Mrs. Augustina Onojake, who had while presenting a paper on “Re-awakening the Nigeria Insurance industry through Claims Settlement”  cited one of Nwoji’s definitions to buttress her points.
Also presenting the award to Nwoji, the Deputy Commissioner for Insurance (Technical) Mallam Abubakar  Sabiu congratulated her saying, “We will like to appreciate you for your outstanding performance. congratulations”