Moji Makanjuola ( MFR) is a

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

n, veteran

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and broadcaster. She was a former president of the "Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and loved"

Background and career

Moji Makanjuola, a

Kwara State Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...

-born health reporter is one of the Nigerian broadcast journalists who has contributed significantly to the improvement and development of

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especially in the area of health journalism. She is a media consultant to

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, who had also worked for decades in the

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(NTA) where she rose to the position of head of health and gender desk before her retirement. She was a pioneer member of the Center for Diseases Control, CDC

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. Before retiring from NTA, she had earlier worked in the then National Television Broadcast,

, Nigeria where she was their first television announcer. Makanjuola was also the head of the Presentation and Reportorial Units of NTA between 1980 and 1985. After retiring from the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) as pioneer head of the Health and Gender Desk, she continued working for NTA on a contract basis. Makanjuola is also a cinematographer and the chief executive officer of Bronz and Onyx, an integrated marketing communications and strategy company. She is a one-time president of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). She is the author of a book, ''Health Journalism: A Journey with Moji Makanjuola'', which was launched in December 2012. On 29 September 2014, Aunty Moji, as she is fondly called, was among the 305 distinguished Nigerians that was conferred with national honours by President

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957)Lawson Heyford, ''The Source'' (Lagos), 11 December 2006. is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to fo ...

of Nigeria. She was appointed as the Champion for National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Leadership Development Program on March 22nd 2023. She was made a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR). She is also an executive director of the International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMP). Makanjuola was once reported to have used her skillful reporting to correct the perspectives of vaccine cynics in the country

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Background and career

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