7 Editors Honoured as Guild Ends Asaba Confab

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Saturday in Asaba honoured three senior journalists of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and seven others with fellowships.
The beneficiaries from NAN are the Acting Managing Director of NAN, Mr. Jide Adebayo; the immediate past Editor-In-Chief, Mr. Olusegun Aribike; and Mr. Buki Ponle, Managing Editor. Mr. John Ndukauba, a former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of NAN, also bagged the fellowship.

At the climax of its 9th All Nigerian Editors Conference, the Guild also inducted 61 new members drawn from different media organisations.
The induction which witnessed a huge turnout of guests, had Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta as host.
The theme of the three day conference is “Nigeria Beyond Oil: Role of Editors”.
Host governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan in his farewell address said that journalists owed the people of the country the duty of keeping Nigeria as one entity.
He advised journalists to always put the interest of the country at heart while reporting, adding that whatever was written could “keep or break’’ the country.
The governor noted that though the country’s democracy was still young, but it could get better if stakeholders play their roles effectively.
“Journalists owe our people the responsibility to keep Nigeria as one indivisible country. What you write or do not write can keep or break Nigeria,’’ he said.
He thanked the president and the members of the Guild of Editors (NGE) for the success and the peaceful conclusion of the meeting.
Responding, the NGE President, Mr Femi Adesina, thanked the state government for taking the guild to a greater height.
Adesina said that the theme of the conference was borrowed from the state, “Delta Beyond Oil’’.
He, however, presented a plaque to Uduaghan and another plaque to the state for successfully hosting the guild.
He noted that Delta had set a high standard that might be difficult for the next host to beat.
The conference began on 21 August.