Collage of some media veterans to be honoured
The Journalism Clinic will on October 22 celebrate and honour veteran Nigerian journalists aged 70 and above.
Tagged ‘Appreciation Day’, the event is designed to appreciate the veterans for their lifelong contributions to the media landscape in the country.
According to Taiwo Obe, founder and director of the Journalism Clinic, the event will take place at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos.
Obe said the event is aimed at thanking the media elders “for working over the years to inform, educate, and entertain our people, with little regard for celebrating themselves”.
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The ceremony will feature tributes, reflections, and a mini exhibition of the works of some honourees by the Centre for Research Information Management and Media Development (CRIMMD) library and museum.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor; and Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation; are among the dignitaries expected at the event.
Obe said the keynote address will be delivered by Aminu Maida, son of late Wada Maida, a former editor-in-chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
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He added that current media leaders and scholars have been invited to learn from the reflections of the veterans, noting that it will be “a day of nostalgia and thanksgiving”.
