NIJ alumnus Sharon Ijasan nominated for WSAIR 2021

 By Aderoju Noah



Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Alumnus, Sharon Ijasan of TVC has been nominated for the 2021 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting(WSAIR).

Announced in the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism's press release of Saturday 27th November 2021, Ijasan is one of the five females out of the 14 nominees for the 16th edition of the annual award whose public presentation will be held on Thursday, 9 December 2021, at NECA House, Lagos, from 4 pm to 6 pm.

The nominees were shortlisted from 222 entries received during the call for applications, the highest number of entries received since the inception of the award in 2005.

Ijasan, a graduate of Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism is a Senior Reporter Education & Labour Correspondent, Host Labour Lens at TVC. She won the 2019 Wole Soyinka award for Investigative Reporting, Television Category with her story on the decay of basic infrastructure in African Bethel School, Ikorodu.



The Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting recognises journalists who expose public or corporate corruption, human rights abuses and regulatory failures in Nigeria. It has produced 109 finalists, 52 Soyinka Laureates, and 11 investigative journalists of the year. It has also given 24 honorary recognitions for the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence and the Anti-Corruption/Human Rights Defender Awards.

Other journalists nominated for the 2021 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting include:
Abiodun Omotosho of Nigerian Pilot, Benedict Uwalaka of Daily Trust, Ibrahim Adeyemi of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Kelechukwu Ogu of Rhythm 93.7 FM, Kunle Adebajo of HumAngle, Mary Abayomi-Fatile of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Olatunji Obasa of Punch, Olukunle Akinrinade of The Nation, Omolabake Fasogbon of ThisDay, Taiwo Adebayo of Premium Times, Tessy Igomu of Punch, Victor Asowata of The Will and Zainab Sanni of Agidigbo FM.

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