FUNKE EGBEMODE RE-ELECTED NIGERIAN GUILD OF EDITORS PRESIDENT
The Election Committee was headed by veteran journalist and publisher, Ray Ekpu, while the convention theme was, “Media Convergence as Strategy for Survival,’’ with hundreds of editors in attendance.
However, five positions were contested which later produced Hajia Sani as Vice-President (North), Samuel Egbala, Vice-President (East), Steve Nwosu and Eze Anaba emerged as Standing Committee members for the (West).
Penpushing further reports, that in the same vein, Ngwoke Ngwoke and Freston Akpor emerged Standing Committee members (East) while Catherine Agbo and Husseina Ibrahim emerged Standing Committee members (North).
The re-elected President, Funke Egbemode in her acceptance speech, thanked the Guild members for trusting her to serve a second term, stating, “everybody agreed that I, Funke Egbemode should serve a second term. While accepting to serve, I want to thank you for your trust’.
“I will never forget or betray this trust. Although I have ideas, I promise that the next two years will be about what you want and what needs to be done and the integrity of the guild will be protected,’’ she said.
Penpushing recalled that, Egbemode was confirmed substantive president of the Nigeria Guil d of Editors( NGE) at the 12th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference in 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers,and later emerged Acting President of the body at the second quarterly meeting of the association’s standing committee meeting, held in Abuja, following the vacancy created by the exit of the former President of the Guild, Garbadeen Muhammad, who was appointed Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
