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By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja.
Oga films, the organiser of the annual Kogi Social Media Awards,KSMA, says it is set
to engineer a paradigm shift from the recent state of mutual suspicion, political rivalry, hate speech, propaganda and mitigating conflict situations on the Kogi social media space.
More so, it will be engaging conversations for the enhancement of healthy growth within the Kogi online community.
The Chief Executive Officer of Oga films Dansofo Usman Jr,disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lokoja on Thursday on the planned event coming up on February 3,2024 in Lokoja.
He said that KSMA was established in 2018 as a yearly event to recognize and encourage Kogi citizens to continually promote and create exceptional contents daily to solve critical life problems.
This, Usman hope, would give many people reason to smile whenever they visit their platforms and also to promote cultural integration, unity/peace among users of these channels and to further enhance social interactions.
He said,:”The Kogi State social Media awards is one of such platforms creating positive change in our society.
“The awards is geared towards promoting “social media for social good”. We intend to give back to the society in appreciation, what it has already inputed.This we are doing,using the social Media space to gauge handles from the different users by voting online for the institutions, groups, corporate organizations and individual categories of their choices in a very transparent and regular manner.
“The Kogi Social Media Awards (KSMA) recognizes excellence in content creation, impact, innovation and is ready to award voted talents in various fields, who have carved a niche for themselves by leveraging the social media platform.”
The convener of the event added:”KSMA is a platform to honor the brilliant brains and practitioners of blogs that have put the social media to good use in promoting their discipline, business, corporate social responsibility to better the lot of humanity.
“As social media and blogs grow to be the new powerful tools of influence in information communication technology, this event is to connect everyone in highlighting the work of some of the best from the social media fraternity of global and local social media practitioners.
“The Award is focused on nominations and entries from all social media users in Kogi state via all social media platforms.
“Vision: To be a catalyst for changing the narrative on the social media space, using the platform as a tool for Promoting peaceful coexistence, tolerance and socio-economic development.
“Mission: To contribute to the peace, unity, tourism potential, progress and development of Kogi state through social media useful engagements. PRE-AWARD LECTURE.
“During the event, there will be a pre-award lecture that will center on the use of the social media and influence of education. It will be a lecture that will have three sessions with keynote speakers and resource persons on supporting topics.
“The aim is to engineer a paradigm shift from the recent state of mutual suspicion, political rivalry, hate speech, propaganda and mitigating conflict situations on the Kogi social media space, and engaging conversations for the enhancement of healthy growth within the Kogi online.
“The Kogi State social Media awards is one of such platforms creating positive change in our society. The award is geared towards promoting “social media for social good”.
“We intend to give back to the society in appreciation of what it has already inputed.This we are doing, using the social Media space to gauge handles from the different users by voting online for the institutions, groups, corporate organizations and individual categories of their choices in a very transparent and regular manner.
“The Kogi Social Media Awards (KSMA) recognizes excellence in content creation, impact, innovation and is ready to award voted talents in various fields, who have carved a niche for themselves by leveraging on the social media platform.”
