Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to work with relevant stakeholders to rid journalism practice of quacks and fake news.
Akpabio congratulated Vanguard Editor Eze Anaba on his re-election as the NGE president. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate President described Anaba’s re-election as a vote of confidence in his leadership.
The Managing Director of The Sun newspaper, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, was elected the guild’s General Secretary; Sabastine Abu (Deputy President), Karbi Alabi (Vice President, West), Hamza Idris (Vice President, North), and Sheddy Ozoene (Vice President, East).
Others include Iyobosa Uwugiaren (Treasurer), Gabriel Akinadewo (Assistant Secretary), and Charles Kanu (Publicity Secretary).
Akpabio said Anaba “is an astute professional whose adherence to the ethics of the journalism profession has earned him inimitable confidence from his colleagues and the Nigerian public”.
The Senate President said the Red Chamber and the entire National Assembly under his chairmanship were committed to promoting good governance through free speech and readiness to collaborate with the NGE to foster a seamless dissemination of credible information across the country.
He stressed that journalism is a noble profession that must be free from peddlers and expressed the urgency for the NGE and other stakeholders to rid journalism of quacks and purveyors of fake news who constitute a nuisance to the public.
Also, Governors Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), and Hope Uzodimma (Imo) have congratulated Vanguard Editor Eze Anaba on his re-election as the NGE president.
The governors also sent congratulatory messages to other officials of the guild who were also re-elected to serve for another two years.
In a statement yesterday in Yenagoa by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Governor Diri said: “I commend the guild for achieving another hitch-free transition and urge media practitioners to continue to set the right pace for other institutions to emulate.”
