Bennet Oghifo
Country (Nationality)
Nigeria
Grantee Title
OGHIFO Bennett Eyituoyo,is a Nigerian journalist with THISDAY Newspaper, an independent national daily published in Nigeria.
Grantee Description
OGHIFO Bennett Eyituoyo,is a Nigerian journalist with THISDAY Newspaper, an independent national daily published in Nigeria. I am a smart-working media practitioner and like to get authentic news for my audience to read. I have gained their trust while doing doing my job and have added value to the corporate existence of the newspaper.
Bennett has spent over a decade writing and editing science and development stories on the environment, agriculture, health, water and sanitation, among others. Bennett has helped in building the high-profile of THISDAY Newspaper. He contributed to a magazine published by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)-Down to Earth Magazine edition of 1-15 December titled 'Africa: Emergency, poor health infrastructure, lack of investment and plethora of diseases will derail Africa's economic and social development’.
He attended various workshops on the 'State of sanitation in Africa: A CSE - Down to Earth Briefing in Africa, organised in collaboration with Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2018. How to Improve Coverage of Health in the African Media, held in Kigali, Rwanda by CSE in collaboration with MESHA and Rwanda Association of Science Journalists, in 2018. Bennett gained a lot of experience from Environment/news writing course at Reuters Newsroom at Rhodes University, Graham's Town, South Africa; environment reporting of Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD International) in Guadalajara, Mexico; Highway Africa course on Information, Communication and Technology at Rhodes University, Graham's Town, South Africa.
Bennett also has a recognition certificate from Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WSSCC/WASH. Bennett holds a Post Graduate Degree in Mass Communication; Masters in Public Administration; and BA Honours English from the University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria.
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