Speaking at the inauguration of the Guild’s Training, Research, and Publications Committee, Anaba described the body as a strategic platform for addressing the disconnect that often exists between journalism education and the realities of newsroom practice.

He noted that the committee was carefully constituted to reflect a healthy blend of academic scholarship and industry experience.

According to him, the committee is expected to design and implement training programmes for editors, undertake research into the evolving challenges facing the Nigerian media industry, and publish findings to strengthen professional standards.

“The membership of the committee was carefully selected to reflect this aspiration,” Anaba said, urging members to deploy their collective expertise to advance the Guild’s intellectual and professional mandate.

Responding on behalf of the committee, its chairperson, Prof. Stella Chinyere Okunna, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Paul University, Awka, described the initiative as timely and significant.

“With the calibre and experience of members of this committee, I am confident that we will add considerable value to the Guild and the wider media industry,” she said.

Other members of the committee are Dr Iyobosa Uwagiaren, Treasurer of the Guild, who will serve as Secretary; Dr Tony Onyima, Fellow of the Guild and former Managing Director of The Sun newspapers; Angela Agowuike, Founder and CEO of Omalicha FM, and Fellow of the Guild; and Dr Kabir Garba Alabi, Editor of The Guardian (Weekend).

The brief ceremony, held at the Editors’ House in Ikeja, was also attended by the Guild’s Secretary, Mr Onuoha Ukeh; Assistant Secretary, Mr Gabriel Akinadewo, and Rose Moses, a member of the Guild’s Standing Committee.

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With a theme “Rapidly Changing Media Landscape: Survival Strategies”, the  lecture, which is slated for 10am at Radisson Blu Hotel, Isaac John Street, Ikeja, Lagos, will be chaired by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris; while Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will be the Special Guest of Honour.

In a statement issued on Sunday and signed by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, President, Mr. Eze Anaba, and the General Secretary, Dr Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the publisher of Vanguard Media Group, Uncle Sam Amuka; former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba and Former Minister of Information and Culture, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (retired), will be Fathers of the Day.

The annual lecture, which was instituted last year by the NGE in honour of its Founding President, late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, according to the professional body of Editors and media executives, is both a testament to the cherished service rendered by Alhaji Jakande, and an acknowledgement of the significance of having such a conversation for the overall good of the media and the country, Nigeria.

“The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) was formed on May 20, 1961 to serve as an elite organisation of editors, through which editors as professional heads of their publications, could enhance their professional interests by networking to discuss/address common challenges and developing relationships with their various audiences in the media itself, governments, professional and trade associations.

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“Originally named the Guild of Newspaper Editors of Nigeria, it was later renamed Nigerian Guild of Editors to accommodate colleagues in the broadcast/online media.

“The NGE’s founding president was Alhaji Lateef Jakande (1929-2021). He had rallied his professional colleagues to form the body that was conceived to occupy the strategic middle ground of editorial senior managers between media owners and the general workforce of journalists”, the NGE added.

The Guild said that after discharging “uncommon duties” to the Nigerian media, Alhaji Jakande went on to render appreciable service as the first civilian governor of Lagos State, and as a federal Minister of Works and Housing.

According to the NGE, “Sixty-three years after, the NGE,  the professional body of editors and Media executives, remains a respected organization among professional associations, and a leader in the media landscape.

“And Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s name remains treasured – whenever committed service is mentioned in the media and public service.

“Consequently, as part of nurturing a culture of appreciation, the NGE, in 2023, instituted an Annual Lecture in honour of its late pioneer president, Alhaji Jakande – to continue to interrogate developments affecting the media and society.”

The Guild said that the event, which would provide a huge opportunity for media stakeholders to interrogate issues affecting the media sector, woule be attended by media executives, scholars from the academic, policy makers, politicians, students of Mass Communication and others.

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