Nigeria: NNMA to Partner Thisday On National Devt

11 November 2009

Lagos — The board of the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) yesterday said it will partner with THISDAY Newspapers to stimulate and encourage intellectual, creative and academic development of Nigerians.

Leader of the team and Chairman, Governing Board of NNMA, Prof. Sylvester Adegoke who spoke, during a visit to THISDAY Corporate Headquarters, in Apapa, Lagos, said "In line with vision 20:20:20: programmes of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the media organisations have a greater role to assist government to focus on getting Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to be directly involved in our development effort".

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