UNIJOS to honour comedian Funnybone,others

The Department of Theatre Arts, University of Jos Plateau State is set to honour its best graduating students as well as deserving graduates in the profession. The event will hold on Friday, March 31, 2017 at Elim Hotel, Jos.

The lecturer in charge of organizing

committee, Dr. Victor Anyagu, said this year’s awards mark the fourth year of the award. “This year, we decided to look inward to award some of our graduates who are making us proud, such as, Bethel Njoku (Senator), Stanley (Funny Bone) and Sunom Kura. We are doing this to motivate our students to aspire to do more to be successful, and it is a home coming for the trio. We want to appreciate them for representing us well out there. I assure you that every student here is looking forward to seeing the popular comedians and Kura.”

Anyagu said the department always looks inward to identify those who have achieved some level of professional excellence in the field. “We have had some local government chairmen. We have also had members of House of Assemblies as awardees,” he added.

The lecturer said the three have always been talented since their diploma days in University of Jos, adding, “they were the first set of students that I taught; they were the first people that I put on stage. You can now understand that right from the beginning, I saw something in these students that I knew was going to yield positive results. These are people I can recommend and have no doubt about their capabilities.