NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM HONOURS PREMIUM TIMES PUBLISHER DAPO OLORUNYOMI
He noted that journalism practice is more rigorous and strictly based on ethics, ”something totally different from the practice of how people circulate unverified information on social media’, and also advised the graduands to stay on the side of truth and facts.
“Let facts be the article of faith. Do not circulate falsehoods because it can hurt your career and country. If you work hard, you will get there”, Isa emphasised
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, represented by Bayo Onanuga, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), in his address urged the graduands to strive hard so they can succeed, as well as to be creative and resilient because ”survival is very tough in the real world.”
Similarly, Provost of the institution, Gbemiga Ogunleye, in his speech said the institution has produced some of the brightest minds in Nigerian journalism, however, called for government support for the institution through its Tertiary Education Support Fund.
Ogunleye urged the graduands to be conscious of the challenges facing the media and hold the ethics of the profession dear in their practice.
In his own speech, the Chairman of the Convocation ceremony, and Publisher of Daily Trust Newspapers Kabiru Yusuf, urged the graduands to be passionate about the profession, noting that passion and commitment to the job would take the graduands far in the industry.
He tasked them to write to express, not to impress, and challenged them to create opportunities”where there seem to be none”.
