The chances of the Nigerian Media Merit Award (NMMA) holding this year, 2017 is slim as the organisers of the annual award are yet to pay some of the winners of the last edition.
Normally, entries for the award, are supposed to have been called for and received in the moth of July. However, there is no indication for call for entries as at the time of this report, first week of August.
Previous winners, who won more than two prizes or two prizes last year explained to mediacareerng.com that they have been paid one out of the two of their cash prize, while many of those who won one award are still awaiting their N100,000 cash prize.
Another media award, the Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME), does not usually ask for entries until around September, but a source close to the organisers disclosed to mediacareerng.com that the fate of the award for this year is blurry.
