Vice-President Kashim Shettima is billed to lead a distinguished array of dignitaries to this year’s International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria annual conference and annual general meeting (AGM).
In a statement issued on Thursday, the organisers said the event would be held from Tuesday, December 2, to Wednesday, December 3, at the NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja.
Top on the guest list are Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation; Oluwatosin Ajayi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS); Lai Mohammed, former information minister; Garba Shehu, ex-spokesperson to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari; and Lawal Kazaure, former state chief of protocol.
Several other eminent personalities and senior media leaders, including Scott Grifen, the executive director of IPI Global, and Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun state, are also billed to attend.
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Presidents of major media bodies, including Maiden Alex-Ibru, President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN); Eze Anaba, President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE); Danlami Nmodu, President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP); and Alhassan Abdul, President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), are expected to attend.
Heads of agencies under the federal ministry of information and national orientation would also be present.
The vice-president will chair the conference, while the minister of information will give the special remarks, and Griffen will present IPI Global’s message.
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The unveiling of IPI Nigeria’s “Book of Infamy” would be performed by Abiodun Adeniyi, Registrar of Baze University.
The conference will also feature a closely guarded “surprise honorary event” coordinated by IPI Nigeria President, Musikilu Mojeed.
