The Sun cartoonist wins
BBC Award
By UBONG UKPONG, Abuja
Thursday,
December 6, 2007
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Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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Chief Cartoonist of The Sun newspapers, Albert Ohams, has
emerged winner of the BBC best cartoonist award.
The Cartoon Exhibition Honour in Accountability opened on
Tuesday, at the British Council in Abuja, where the works
of 12 talented cartoonists, who went through a one and half
year intensive workshop in photoshop were exhibited.
Amongst them were, Albert Ohams, Gabriel Erapi of The Sun
newspapers, Victor Asowata, Leke Moses of Independent newspapers,
Nath Ngerem of Vanguard Newspapers, Benneth Omeka, Niyi Arogbehin
of The Punch and Chukwuemeka Emenike of Newswatch .
Others were Idu Ogaba of Leadership newspapers, Aliu Yahaya
of Daily Trust and Victor Ifeacho of Anambra newspaper.
Speaking at the exhibition, the Project Director of Nigerian
Budget and Monitoring Project, Kingsley Uranta, said the project
was aimed at expressing the various corrupt practices and
spending of public fund amongst the leaders and public servants.
Also speaking, the famous British cartoonist, Steve Bell of
the London newspapers enjoined the government and other agencies
to support cartoonists and also advised the politicians to
welcome cartoonists rather than see them as enemies.
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