The Nigerian Guild of Editors will hold the second edition of the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to The PUNCH, the NGE’s statement, signed by President Eze Anaba and General Secretary Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, announced that Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman of THISDAY/Arise Media Group, will address editors, media executives, and stakeholders on survival strategies amidst current challenges.
Themed “Rapidly Changing Media Landscape: Survival Strategies,” the lecture will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, will chair the event, with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Special Guest of Honour.
“The Nigerian Guild of Editors was formed on May 20, 1961 – to serve as an elite organization 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.
“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 statement added.
The NGE said that after discharging “uncommon duties” to the Nigerian media, Jakande went on to render appreciable service – as the first civilian governor of Lagos State, and as a federal Minister of Works and Housing.
It added, “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.”
