The National President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Sir Honour Sirawoo, has bagged a doctorate degree in Mass Communication.
Sir Sirawoo was among the graduands during the 8th Convocation of Imo State University, Owerri which took place on Saturday February 4, 2023 at the convocation ground inside the institution.
Dr. Honour Sirawoo
An excited Sirawoo described this feat as a step taken to enable him improve in knowledge so as to make further improvement in the area of Sports development.q
“I am delighted and I thank God Almighty for giving me the opportunity to accomplish this task,” Dr. Sirawoo started.
“The feat will strengthen me in this profession, and further give me an opportunity to make significant contributions towards the practice of Sports Journalism in Nigeria and beyond,” he said.
Prior to completing his thesis for the Doctorate Degree, Sirawoo had earlier completed his Masters Degree in Mass Communication in same institution in the year 2017.
He will be looking forward to presenting his inaugural lecture soon, which will be centred on including Sports Journalism as a course of study in Nigerian higher institutions.
