NGE hails appointments of members as heads of information parastatals

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent appointments of its fellows as Chief Executive Officers of information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. Mr. Bayo Onanuga and Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu, both fellows of the Guild, were recently appointed Managing Director and Director-General, […]

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent appointments of its fellows as Chief Executive Officers of information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

Mr. Bayo Onanuga and Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu, both fellows of the Guild, were recently appointed Managing Director and Director-General, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) respectively.

Other appointees are Yakubu Mohammed, Director-General Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Mansur Liman, Director-General Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, Director General Voice of Nigeria (VON) and Dr. Garba Abari, Director-General National Orientation Agency (NOA).

In a statement by the NGE General-Secretary, Victoria Ibanga, the Guild described the appointments as a plus to the media industry and Nigeria as a whole, considering the various contributions the media has made to national development.

“It is very auspicious to express our joy that President Muhammadu Buhari has deemed it fit to choose thorough-bred, distinguished, and dutiful professionals with notable pedigree to head its information-related parastatals.

“It is a thing of joy that our fellows and members are being recognised in their chosen field through these appointments. We thank the President for this recognition. He has done very well in this regard and has accorded the Fourth Estate of the Realm its due respect in the scheme of things,” Ibanga said.

While thanking President Buhari for the appointments, the Guild also challenged the new appointees to bring their wealth of experiences to bear on their new jobs and make a difference in enhancing the well-being of the organisations and its work force.