President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the new leadership of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
Following the successful election of the new leaders of the guild at it’s biennial convention in Owerri, Imo State, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Alake, in a message, commended the peaceful conduct of f the election.
He said: “The last Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE was an epochal milestone in the evolution of the journalism profession in Nigeria.
“An event that witnessed the election of new officers of the Guild to guide the affairs of the organization for the next two years, it is most gratifying that the outcome was successful and rancor-free despite the intensity of the contest for the various positions competed for.
“On behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), I congratulate the newly elected President of the Guild, Mr Eze Anaba, Editor of the Vanguard newspaper and wish him and other newly elected officials of the guild a most fulfilling and productive tenure in office.”
The Presidential Spokesman stressed that the successful conduct of the election was a lesson for the entire nation.
“By its peaceful and rancor-free conduct of elections to elect its new officers, the NGE has sent a resounding message to the larger Nigerian polity that elections for desired offices can be intensely competed for without degenerating into bitterness, acrimony and needless malice.
“In this regard, the President commends those who lost out in the elections at various levels for accepting the outcome and pledging support for the winners. This is a light that the NGE is showing that the rest of us may find the way to a mature, tolerant, stable and sustainable democratic culture.
“It is of the utmost importance that the various unions in the newspaper industry such as the NGE, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) imbibe the ethos of internal democracy in support of professional integrity for the benefit of good governance, stability and sustainability development in Nigeria.
“The NGE has, in this regard, made a strong statement for the Nigerian media as a worthy exemplar,” he added.
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