Accra, Nov. 7, GNA - The Steering Committee of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for the Akintola Fatoyinbo Education Journalism Award, a statement from the Communication for Education and Development Programme (COMED) said. The statement, issued by the Cotonou-based COMED said the decision to continue supporting the annual award was taken at a meeting of the ADEA Steering Committee in Maffliers, near Paris, on 25-27 October. As a demonstration of its support for the award, the committee also decided to include the funding for the award in ADEA's annual budget. Fatoyinbo, a Nigerian, was the first Coordinator of COMED, a programme of ADEA, and also the manager of the Africa Education Journalism Award.

ADEA decided to rename the award after Fatoyinbo following his sudden death in Dar Es-Salaam, Tanzania in December 2002. The Akintola Fatoyinbo Africa Education Journalism Award is now in its fourth edition.