Ivory Forte Entertainment to honour stakeholders | The Nation

By Kehinde Olusanya

Ivory Forte Entertainment concepts, the organisers of the annual Miss Eko International Beauty Pageant and Eko Heritage Awards, has officially announced the date for hosting the 2021 edition of its Eko Heritage Awards.

Eko Heritage Award, designed to celebrate and appreciate indigenous custodians of the state’s cultural heritage and captains of industries, will hold on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the Oriental Hotel.

According to a statement by Chinedu Egbe, the initiator of the Eko Heritage Awards, the sole aim is to celebrate excellence in order to inspire and advocate for an increasing rise of accomplished champions in different sectors of life.

Egbe noted that the award is in two segments – Honorary Award and the Voted Award.

The Honorary Award segment comprises 20 outstanding award categories that include Most Distinguished King of the Year, Traditional Ruler Of The Year, Most Outstanding White Cap Chief Of the Year, and others.

The Voted Award segment, which affords the member of the public to nominate the choice of nominees, has 19 award categories and they include Best Online Content Creator Of The Year, Blogger Of The Year, Creative Fashion Stylist Of The Year, Female Fashion Designer Of The Year, Emerging Fashion Designer Of The Year, Hairstylist Of The Year, Humanitarian Beauty Queen Of The Year, among others.

The event will also herald the grand finale of the Miss Eko International Awards.