Betty Abah

Betty Abah
Betty Abah in 2015
Born (1974-03-06) March 6, 1974
Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria
Residence Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Occupation
  • journalist
  • author
  • children's right activist

Betty Abah (born March 6, 1974) is a Nigerian journalist, author and a women and children's rights activist. She is the founder and Executive Director of CEE HOPE, a girl-child rights and development non-profit organization based in Lagos State.

Early life

Betty was born in Otukpo, Benue State, Middle Belt region of Nigeria. She obtained a first degree in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar and a Masters in English Literature from the University of Lagos.

Career

Betty first worked with The Voice Newspaper in Makurdi, Benue State, and then Newswatch and Tell Magazine,before she proceeded to work with Rocky Mountain News as a fellow of the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships.[1] As a journalist, she practiced with The Voice Newspaper, Newswatch, Tell Magazine and she also had a stint with the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. She is the author of Sound of Broken Chains, Go Tell Our King and Mother of Multitudes.[2][3] Betty worked with Environmental Rights Action; Friends of the Earth Nigeria before setting establishing CEE-HOPE in December 2013.

Activism

Abah has been involved in several cases, defending cases of human rights violations. Some of them include campaigns for the release of the Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist in North East Nigeria, campaigns for the environmental rights of Niger Delta women, the case of the torture involving three women in Ejigbo, Lagos by members of a vigilante group, the case of the kidnapping of Ese Oruru, among others.[3]

Awards, recognitions and fellowships

Awards by Betty Abah,[4][5][6]
YearClassCategoryAwarding body
2001 State HonoursCommunity ServiceNational Youth Service Corps Nigeria
2003 Reporter of the YearJournalismNational Media Merit Awards Nigeria
2006 FellowinternshipsAlfred Friendly Press Fellowships, USA
2006 FellowJournalismThe Knight Journalism Press Fellowship, USA
2006 FellowJournalismThe Kaiser Family HIV/AIDS Fellowship, USA
2008 Child-Friendly Reporter of the YearJournalismMedia Excellence
2010 ParticipationLeadership ProgramGlobal Tobacco Leadership Program
2012 Honorary MentionPoetry PrizeAssociation of Nigerian Authors
2014 Honorary MentionJournalismWole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting

References

  1. ↑ "Nigerian Women Bear the Curse of Oil".
  2. ↑ "JOURNALIST, BETTY ABAH BRINGS MULTIMEDIA TO POETRY".
  3. 1 2 "A word is enough for the wise! Interview with Betty Abah, Environmental Rights Action - Enanga".
  4. ↑ Dame Awards. "The Child Friendly Reporting". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Voice of America. "Three Africans Chosen for U.S. Press Fellowships". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Tobore Ovuoire. "PREMIUM TIMES reporters honoured at Wole Soyinka Journalism Awards". Premium Times. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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