{"id":275326,"date":"2011-02-02T13:51:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=50554"},"modified":"2011-02-02T13:51:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T13:51:35","slug":"tfa-2011-the-die-is-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/02\/tfa-2011-the-die-is-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"TFA 2011: the die is cast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_50555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50555\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-50555\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/02\/tfa-2011-the-die-is-cast\/don-jazzy-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50555\" title=\"don-jazzy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/don-jazzy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seyi Law, Ini Edo and Don Jazzy <\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBy Lolade Sowoolu<br \/>\nWhich young person made the most remarkable contribution in 2010 and is worthy of emulation? That among many more answers will be provided at the sixth edition of The Future Awards holding tomorrow in Lagos.<br \/>\nAfter 3 months of a rigorous judging process, The Future Awards (TFA) released its final list last Monday short listing both popular and unfamiliar Nigerian under 31s in twenty different categories.<br \/>\nThe finalists drawn from different works of life are boxed into categories including; Creative Professional of the Year, Actor of the Year, Best Use of Science, Best Use of Creativity, Young Person of the Year, Designer of the Year, Corporate Professional of the Year, Journalist of the Year, among others.<br \/>\nThe list contained names of 71 achieving youths and three teams. Some of the popular nominees are Banky W, Tosyn Bucknor, Kemi Adetiba, Ini Edo, Genevieve Nnaji, Don Jazzy and P-Square.<br \/>\nCommenting on the final list, organisers, REDSTrat, say \u201cthe judging process has gone through a Board of Judges, public voting, an Independent Audit Committee, and back to the Board of Judges\u201d.<br \/>\nThe campaign for TFA 2011 was flagged off with an official launch of its sixth season in October and has held Town Hall Meetings across the nation and in South Africa and the United Kingdom. It continues today with a Pre-Award conference titled, \u2018Do Something\u2019 holding at the main Auditorium of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba by 11am.<br \/>\nKenneth Okolie, Awards\u2019 spokesperson says, \u201cWith this conference, we are leading young people to stop complaining, stop waiting, stop wanting and start acting \u2013 to go out and improve their work or businesses, or to make change happen in Nigeria.\u201d. The conference is a rare opportunity for young Nigerians to meet with high-achieving role models who they would otherwise not have the opportunity to meet. Some of them are Tunde Bakare, Pat Utomi, Betty Irabor, John Momoh and Iretiola Doyle.<br \/>\nGuest speaker at tomorrow\u2019s event is Minister for Finance, Olusegun Aganga. Winners will be unveiled at the strictly by invitation 1000 guest event holding at the Landmark Village, Victoria Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lolade Sowoolu Which young person made the most remarkable contribution in 2010 and is worthy of emulation? That among many more answers will be provided at the sixth edition of The Future Awards holding tomorrow in Lagos. 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