The Nigeria Internet Registration Association [NIRA], a not-for-profit organisation that is charged with the management of Nigeria's country code top level domain name [.ng ccTLD] is calling for entries into the second edition of the “.ng Awards"
This was disclosed at a recent press conference organised by NiRA in Lagos where modalties of the 2017 .ng award and recognition, highlights of the MoU between AFRINIC and NiRA Academy as well as the MoU between Kenya [.Ke] and Nigeria [.Ng] registries were discussed.
Focusing on this year’s competition, NiRA noted that the awards and recognition seeks to focus on 18 different categories based on the criteria that; the Company, organization or individual must have registered and is doing business with a .ng domain name, the Domain name must have been registered for over 6months, the website associated with the domain name must be active on the Internet.
According to the President NiRA, Rev. Sunday Olakunle Folayemi, the award seeks to identify and encourage organizations, individual and brands that has actively promoted the safe use of internet to help stimulate the safe, responsible and positive use of the Internet for Nigerians in 18 categories.
The Grand Prize for each category winners award is total package access to .ng Awards Icon, available in various sizes and various formats for inclusion on their websites and marketing collateral.
A jury has been set up for this process headed by Mr. Shina Badaru, NiRA Board of Trustees and voting process ends April 3, 2017.
As part of the selection process, the public are encouraged to adopt the voting style which had been made open since February 20. For this process, out of the 100% mark, voting for nominees by the general public will be earned 40% of the total voting score, while the Jury vote carries 60% of the total voting score.
Categories cut across; .ng Company of the Year, Most Innovative Online Service Company, Best Banking Website/Portal, Best Insurance Company Website/Portal, Best E-payment Website/Portal, Best Tertiary Institution website/portal, Best Secondary School website/portal, Best Primary School website/portal, Startup Company of the year, Best Local Hosting Company, The .ng Media Award -Best Print Media Website, Best Online Media Website, Best Electronic Media Website (Television), Best Electronic Media Website (Radio).
Other categories also include; Most valuable Youth organization, Public Sector Star Website Award, E-Government Star Website Award, Digital innovation in State Government, Digital innovation in Federal Government and Digital innovation in Local Government.
For further information and voting process, the general public are encouraged to read full details via http://www.nira.org.ng/voting
By Adenike Fagbemi
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