Pic-Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The organizers of the annual Diamond Awards for Comedy recently got a huge endorsement from Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the immediate past governor of Lagos State. Amiable Tinubu, recently accepted to be the Grand Patron of the Miss Ladi Gombe-led innovative awards, and was presented with an acceptance award, recently by the organizers.
With his new position, Tinubu, will now be having inputs into the organization of the event in subsequent editions. He will also be advising and supporting the organizers where and when necessary. Speaking on the significance of the honour bestowed on Tinubu, Miss Gombe, the prime mover and initiator of the awards, explained that the ex governor was picked because of his immense contributions to the growth and development of arts, culture and entertainment in Nigeria and Africa in general. “Asiwaju is a gold fish and has no hiding place, even after leaving office his image and contributions still loom large. Even the organizers of Kora Awards located and made him their patron, after Nelson Mandela vacated the post, for me that was a big honour. And after a thorough search and consultations, we all agreed that he is the best candidate for the post of our grand patron at Diamond awards. And we are also grateful that he accepted the offer wholeheartedly,
meaning that he will bring his wealth of experience and exposure to bear on our future events. We cannot thank him enough for all the love and support”.
Meanwhile, Miss Gombe, also from Gombe State further revealed that the presentation of cash and other mouth-watering prizes to all the winners of the debut edition of the comedy awards would hold soon. She further stated that the elaborate event would be chaired by Tinubu and graced by eminent Nigerians as well as celebrities and dignitaries. “We are ready for the presentations, its going to be grand and the date and venue would be made public soon. We have also started plans for the next edition”.
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