Producer of the Year:
(This belongs to the young person who works behind the scenes and is very good at the job i.e. music producers, editors, cameraman, that have worked with award-winning or very famous artistes/shows/TV programmes/Commercials etc and who has made success of the people (s)he has worked it. He/she must also have made a name for his/herself, and earned respect amongst his/her peers. We must also be able to see instances of jobs this person is DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for, and those jobs must either be of an obviously high quality or must be highly popular.)

Full name: Edun, Adenrele Olufemi
Date of birth: 13th June, 1983
Jobs: Producer of Star Host, Fresh, Shout Out, Global Countdown, Red Carpet Special, Showtime Unplugged and Lifestyle (Soundcity),
Producer of all the HIV/AIDS Public Announcements (done with more than 50 celebrities) and all Soundcity endorsements
Content Director - The Next Movie star reality show
Producer, Style Agent 101 (which ran through the duration of the ThisDay Music Festival)
Producer, AMAA Awards Edition for Soundcity
Producer, Soundcity Blast Off Party
Highlight of career in past year: “Plenty! There are times that I even scale my production hurdles and even deliver more than expected. But the closest to my heart is the Star Host show which I gave a new dimension.............I tell you, I devoted my entire creative cavity to that show and all the Stings/skits that run on Soundcity.”
Why we chose him: This young man works hard! And all his shows are of acclaimed quality and immensely popular.

Full name: Effiong Eton

Date of birth: 2nd of August, 1979

Jobs: Deputy Head of Entertainment, STV
Producer, Shortuts
Producer, Entertainment News
Producer, MBGN
Producer, Miss Ecowas
Producer, Rhythm Unplugged
Production Staff, Mnet Studio 53

Why we chose him: Consistency and transparent hard work

Full name: Oyeyiola Olatunde Michael
Date of birth: March 26 1980
When did you start working in production? = 2002
Soundcity, Alphavision Multimedia Ltd and Academy Films.
Worked with: Mr. Tajudeen Adepetu ( Alphavision Multimedia), Andrew Cummings (AHC London), Academy Films, Don Jazzy (Mo Hit Records) etc
Jobs: Why Me music video for Dbanj, Power Fist TV commercial for PZ, Glo TV Commmercial, ETB TV commercial, Conoil TV commercial, Life Style in Ghana, Intel documentary in Abuja, ArielVolution for P&G
Supervising Producer, Soundcity Programmed
International highlights: Kora Awards recording
Why we chose him: His impressive work with music videos and his ability to multitask

Full name: Ayeyemi Abike SEKINAT
Date of birth: 02/08/78
Jobs: Producer, New Dawn with Funmi Iyanda (Nigeria’s most popular life style show)
Highlights: Able to get the most elusive of guests on the show: Prof Wole Soyinka and going all the way to his jungle house in Abeokuta with 20 people
Getting Nuhu Ribadu of the EFCC during a very heavy rainy day all the way fro Abuja to the studio for a 2hr interview
Awards: Letter from fate foundation for being a very good reporter
Other info: She is also an event organiser
Why we chose her: Seki’s works extremely hard at getting all the most sought-after guests on the show

Full name: Mary Eromwon Ero
Date of birth: 25TH JUNE, 1977.

Jobs: SCRIPTWRITER/PRODUCER, MAGGI FAMILY MENU (PHILIP TRIMNELL PRODUCTIONS)
PRODUCTION MANAGER, PLAY TV (ENDEMOL),
PROGRAMS OFFICER/ PRODUCER MORNING BELT/ PRESENTER(MBI)
(RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AND UPDATING THE PROGRAMS SCHEDULE, IN CHARGE OF THE PRODUCTION OF ALL PROGRAMS THAT COME ON THE MORNING BELT.)

Highlights: CREATING A BREAKFAST BELT FROM SCRATCH IN THE NEW MBI.

International highlights: WORKING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LIKE ENDEMOL, AND BEING IN CHARGE OF THEIR PRODUCTION LOGISTICS ON A PROJECT

Why we chose her: Mary has worked hard and has managed to get the jobs that even ‘veterans’ in the industry spend years to get

Full name: Soji Ogunnaike
Date of birth: 1983

Jobs:
Editor, The Academy (International Reality Show)
Editor, Amstel Malta Box Office (AMBO)
Director, Big Brother Nigeria

Highlights: He was the youngest director of Big Brother Nigeria

Other info: He now owns his own production company called Real Time that is already well sought after

Awards: Nominee, The Future … Awards 2006 for Producer of the Year

Why we chose him: Soji is one of the most sought after editors in the country!

Full name: Alu McIkpah
Date of birth: 1977

Jobs:
Producer with Kapital FM
Producer, BBC’s Naija Flava

Why we chose her: Holding the forte in Abuja, Alu is one of the biggest news in those parts!