Following Protest, Soyinka Centre Postpone Osinbajo’s Award
December 9, 2019
12:12 pm
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has postponed the planned presentation of an award to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after the news generated protests on social media. Osinbajo was slated to be presented with an Integrity award as part of the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting scheduled to hold on Monday, December 9 in Lagos.
Executive Director/CEO of the Centre, Motunrayo Alaka, in a statement on Monday announcing the postponement, said the βVice President himself shares this awareness and the inappropriateness of the award at this point.β
She explained that the postponement was in response …
