Comedian turned actor Debo Adedayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, one of the winners of the 2021 Gatefield Peoples Journalism Prize for Africa (PJPA) has donated his 1,000 dollars prize towards human rights advocacy.
Recall that on May 3, Gatefield announced the winners of the 2021 People Journalism Prize for Africa.PJPA is a public service journalism initiative to recognise and reward journalists, citizen reporters and social justice newsmakers on the continent.
Mr Macaroni made the donation to Connect Hub NG, a non-governmental organisation that advocates against state violence in Nigeria.
The project manager, Gatefield People Journalism for Africa, Safiya Ibrahim, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to Ibrahim, the 29-year-old won the prize in the category of the People Newsmaker for Social Justice, on May 3, 2022.
Ibrahim quoted the comedian saying, “I have just received the 1,000 dollars cash prize as the Gatefield PJPA winner of the Peoples Newsmaker for Justice.
“I will in turn give this cash prize to HubNGR to support their selfless work in advocating against state violence in Nigeria.’’
Ibrahim said the 2021 nominees and winners were selected by journalists, human rights defenders and public opinion shapers across the continent.
Two other winners were given cash prizes along with Mr Macaroni.
They are Daneel Knoetze, who won the People Journalist of the Year 2021 and Lucy Kassa, for winning People Journalist for Informed Commentary 2021.
