Theannouncement ofsocial crusader, journalist and publisher of Premium Times,Mr.DapoOlorunyomi,as one of the three winners of this year’s International Press Freedom award of the prestigious Committee for the Protection of Journalists is a befitting reward for hisuntiring service to Nigeria he loves with uncompromising passionandtopeople-centred journalism.

All Progressives Congress National Leader,AsiwajuBolaTinubu,stated this on Sunday in Lagos in a statement onOlorunyomi’saward.

AsiwajuTinubucongratulated the Premium Times publisher for the award, thanking him for making Nigeria proud once again.

In the statement signed by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, the former Lagos governor also commendedOlorunyomifor deployingthe constitutional obligations of the Press, as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, to hold the leadership accountable to the people.

He said: “Theannouncement ofsocial crusader, journalist and publisher of Premium Times,Mr.DapoOlorunyomi,as one of the three winners of this year's International Press Freedom award of the prestigious Committee for the Protection of Journalists is a befitting reward for hisuntiring service to the country he loves with uncompromising passion and to people-centred journalism.

“Committed to the development of the Nigerian people through their progressive liberation from the challenges of corruption, ignorance andresources mismanagement,Olorunyomideploysthe constitutional obligations of the Press, as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, to hold the leadership accountable to the people.

By placing premium on the welfare of the citizenry as the purpose of governance, Premium Times,Olorunyomi'sstable,conscientisesthe people and their leaders on the primacy of the social contract and the transparent delivery of democratic dividends.

“It is significant that Premium Times has harnessed the power of technology in executing its mission by using the website to make facts and opinions available to a global audience that shares the vision of Nigeria as a superpower struggling to manifest her natural potentials.

“Yet, this much-deserved award can only be a challenge toOlorunyomitostrive harder in his patriotic endeavour to bring power to the people by encouraging the responsible use of freedoms to make Nigeria a country of great pride and promise.

"I salute Dapo Olorunyomi and wish him many more awards as he devotes his life to the service of humanity.”