TGI Group, a leading global conglomerate in the Nigerian business landscape, has once again demonstrated its sector dominance by emerging winners of double awards at the recently held 9th edition of Lagos PR Industry Gala & Awards (LaPRIGA) 2024.
Themed, ‘The Shining Stars’, the LaPRIGA Award 2024 ceremony held on Friday, December 13, 2024, at MUSON Center, Onikan, Lagos.
The event was a resplendent colourful gathering of strategic integrated marketing communications industry stakeholders from corporate, private, and public sectors organized by the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
TGI Group elegantly graced the podium twice as the deserving winners of two awards; Best Supporter of Public Relations (PR), while its Head, Corporate Communications, Rafiat Gawat clinched the ‘Public Relations shining star of the Year’, the award category which had the highest entry of 11 nominees, for her distinctive enterprise, professionalism and enviable industry rising profile.
She was also one of the top 3 nominees for the PR Professional of the year category, an award recognizing PR practitioners who have shown remarkable performance and contributed to the development of the industry. TGI Group was also a top 3 nominee for the Sustainability PR category.
The ceremony had twenty-two award categories, and 81 entries were submitted in 21 categories, with the ‘Best in Political Communication’ not having any submission for this edition.
Others are ‘Special Honorary Awards’ and ‘Lifetime Achievements Award for select public relations industry veterans.
Commenting on the LaPRIGA Awards recognitions, the Head, Corporate Communications, Rafiat Gawat noted the importance of these honours to the firm as a brand, and to the industry.
“These award recognitions are testament to TGI Group’s hard work, discipline, commitment and stakeholder-first approach to deliver value and drive sustainable profitability across all our business touchpoints”.
Gawat commended the organisers whilst urging all awards nominees to sustain the standard of excellence.
“I want to thank the Lagos NIPR for organizing the LaPRIGA Awards and recognizing TGI Group and other winners. These awards highlight the importance of celebrating excellence in our industry.”
The TGI Group Communications’ Head was full of kind words for all leadership and staff of the Group for their contributions that earned these honours and charges them for more. “These two recognitions are dedicated to every member of the TGI Group family for your unmatchable support, sacrifice and dedication that earned these enviable honours. You are indeed heroes of these honours because we are only able to amplify what you do.”
Speaking also, the awards organizer and Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR Lagos Chapter), Comfort Obot Nwankwo, congratulated all the winners for their recognition as shining stars and urge them to be an inspiration to others while sustaining the momentum of success, character, and bravery.
“As we honour our shining stars tonight, let us reflect on our collective responsibilities and use our influence to advance inclusivity and sustainability in Public Relations. I challenge each of you to champion youth involvement, prioritize community breeding narratives and uphold highest standard of integrity in all that you do. I congratulate all nominees and winners tonight; may your success serve as an inspiration to others”, the NIPR Lagos chapter Chairman urges.
The LaPRIGA Awards 2024, is one of the many honours bestowed on TGI Group. It won the ‘Agro Allied Services Category’ of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) Annual Employers’ Excellence Awards 2024 and 2023; One of the Group’s subsidiaries, West African Soy Industries Limited (WASIL) won ‘Industry Leader in Soybean Award’ at the 2023 Afro World Agri Food Conference, Exhibition, and Awards.
At the 2021 Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) People First and Safety Awards, TGI Group won the ‘People First Safety Award for Organisations’; just as the Group’s Group Managing Director, Rahul Savara was awarded the ‘People First CEO Award; and at the 2020 NECA Employers’ Excellence Awards, TGI Group won the ‘Best and Responsible Practice in Agro & Agro Allied Services’.
LaPRIGA is a high-profile award that recognises excellence and celebrates practitioners in public and corporate organisations as well as stakeholders to boost professionalism and more investment in the practice.
The Awards have evolved significantly, adding new colours, dimensions and values by recognising best accomplishments in reputation management, relationship management and support for marketing communications.
