The Fijian Government has been recognised with an award for co-hosting the first ever virtual Asia Media Summit that was held in May this year by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD).
The award was presented by the Indian Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Dr. L. Murugan to Mr Nilesh Kumar, counsellor at the Fijian High Commission in New Delhi, India.
Mr Kumar received the award on behalf of the Fijian Ministry of Communications and the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) at the 47th Annual Gathering/ 20th AIBD Meeting 2022 that was held at the Lalit Hotel in New Delhi, India from 19 – 21 September.
During the ceremony, the role of broadcast media as the platform for bringing accurate and timely information that saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic was recognised.