Delivered at the 18th All Nigeria Editors Conference on November 11, 2022 in Owerri, Imo State. BY Zakari Usman Head, Strategic Communications Office of the National Security Adviser. INTRODUCTION On behalf of the National Security Adviser, I wish to congratulate the Nigerian Guild of Editors for framing the theme of this Conference. This conference will...
I am honoured to be amongst you, members of The Nigerian Guild of Editors, today and to be asked to be your guest speaker at your 2022 annual conference. The topic of my lecture today, Mobilizing Citizens for Sustainable Democracy, the Power of Editors, was chosen by you. I therefore assume that you want an...
Let me, on behalf of the entire members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, welcome the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu and members of his team, to the maiden edition of Editors’ Forum. Before I go further, let me a brief background to the event being held today. A major...
A WORD ABOUT TONY ONYIMA Started media practice in 1986 at The Guardian. Has diverse experience in news reporting, production, operations, supply chain management, marketing, media business strategy, public policy & administration Has 25 years cognate experience in media practice; 10 of which were in Executive Management positions. Retired in Dec. 2013 as the MD/Editor-in-chief...
Let me begin by thanking the Guild for this kind invitation to share my thoughts on the topic above. I am particularly touched by the theme of the workshop: Journalism and Digitalisation: The imperative of Good Corporate Governance. Permit me to thank specially, the executive members of our Guild for their investment in the...
I will like to commend the Standing Committee of the Guild for coming up with this workshop as the latest step in their continued quest to deepen journalism and business education. The theme is well conceived; it is topical and important to the good health of our dear profession, Journalism. Journalism as the business of...
PROTOCOLS I am extremely delighted to welcome all of you to this very important conference with the theme ” JOURNALISM AND DIGITALISATION: IMPERATIVE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE” . I thank you Mr Governor, for fully supporting this conference. This conference is very important because it is about us, our noble profession and our survival. A...
Media stakeholders yesterday said that a media regulatory framework led and driven by media professionals represents the most effective guarantee of media freedom and the independence of the media, in line with with regional and international norms and standards. The stakeholders, comprising representatives of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria...
stevewordu46 e email.com; 08033407132 EXPERIENCES RELEVANT TO THIS CONFERENCE. IIED, UK & SAOS Land tenure and resource access in West Africa 1998-2000 FREDRICH EBERT FOUNDATION-Research on SALW in the Niger delta, 2005. OXFARM UK/IHRHL-Research on the effects of Extractive Activities on women in the Niger delta, 2008, SPDC, Port Harcourt-Social Impact Assessment of Integrated Oil...
edet@mediarightsagenda.org What is Accountability? The essence of accountability is that when a person or institution is given the responsibility to hold, use or dispose of resources that do not belong to them, such person or institution has a duty to account to the owner(s) of the resources on what they did with the resources &...
