Tide Directors, Others bag ICAD Fellow Awards 

Two Directors of The Rivers State Newspaper Corporations, Dr. Sylvia Adanma ThankGod Amadi, and Dr. Iriofori Bie Siminalaye have been inducted as fellows of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria.

Dr. Amadi is the Opinion/Feature Editor of The Tide Newspaper, while Dr. Siminalaye is the Director of Finance and Administration of the Corporation.

The duo were inducted during the institute’s 23rd Annual General Meeting which held weekend in Port Harcourt.

Also inducted as fellows were the Chairman, Rivers State Council of The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Paul Bazia; Dr. Mina Tele Ikuru, wife of the former Deputy Governor of the state, Engr. Tele Ikuru; Mrs. Joy Onyemachi, Assistant Commandant General, Nigerian Forest Security Services and others.

Dr. Amadi, who spoke in an interview with The Tide shortly after receiving the award, described it as one of the best moments of her life.

She said the award shows she was being watched by members of the society, stressing that it should serve as a reminder to people to be careful in what ever they are doing as people are watching them.

She also said the gesture will spur her to render greater service to the society.

Also speaking, Dr. Siminalaye said he was elated when nominated for the award.

He said the gesture will also spur him to render greater service to the society.

Also speaking to newsmen, Dr. Onyemachi thanked the institute for considering her worthy for the gesture.

Onyemachi also pledged to do more to improve her services to the society.

While speaking during the ceremony, chairman of the occasion, Professor Sam Ugo Onyeka, said the institute which was inaugurated in 1993, deals with the training of managers at all levels of the society.

He urged the awardees to show great administrative competence where ever they find themselves, adding that they must distinguish themselves in their chosen fields with the view to improving the quality of service delivery to the society.

On his part, the Guest Speaker , Professor Samuel Igbatayor, said Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be human centred to enable it serves the need of the society.

He also stressed the need for improvement in skills inorder to match the need of the society especially in this age of the Artificial Intelligence.

By; John Bibor