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Amina
Yuguda: "I want to tell stories from an African perspective" Amina
Yuguda hails from Yola in north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World
News Komla Dumor Award. Screenshot: BBC Interview
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Amina Yuguda is a news
presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported on
high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency.
BBC
News report continues:
She
will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September.
The
award was created to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who
died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.
Ms
Yuguda said her win was a "huge honour".
"I
was overwhelmed with joy. Storytellers have always had an important role in
Africa... this is what defines us. Today journalists are taking on that
responsibility."
She
impressed the panel with her story-telling and her ability to convey complex
ideas in a way that resonates with a wide audience.
She
is excited to work at the BBC, given her understanding of the corporation's
impact among pastoralists in her hometown, saying in her application:
"With
little or no formal education, my countrymen can hold their own in a variety of
topics, including the Trump presidency in America, North Korea's defiance,
Russia's foreign relations under Putin, and more."
BBC
World Service Group Director Francesca Unsworth said Ms Yuguda was a worthy
winner:
"To
find someone who possesses many of Komla's qualities is something for us to
celebrate, and we are very excited about working with Amina."
Previous winners of the Komla Dumor Award were Ugandan news anchor Nancy Kacungira and Nigerian business journalist Didi Akinyelure.
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