22nd August, 2013
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors to use their position to strengthen and sustain the country’s democracy.
Uduaghan who gave the charge this morning in Asaba when executive members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors paid him a courtesy call on him at his office, said as stakeholders, they should help in deepening the country’s democracy and ensure a free and fair elections in 2015.
He explained that the editors have a big role to play in the sustenance of the country’s democracy and called on them to use the to brainstorm on measures to be taken to achieve a successful election in 2015.
The governor commended the Guild for the decorum displayed in their election process, saying that “the process of choosing leadership in the Guild has finally stabilized and I want to enjoin all electoral bodies to learn from the free and fair methods in picking leaders of the Guild.”
The Governor urged them to use the opportunity of the conference in Asaba
to undertake facility visits of the infrastructure and developmental projects and programmes of his administration throughout the state.
Responding, President of the Guild, Femi Adesina, commended governor Uduaghan for the massive development going on in the state and his warm hospitality to members of the Guild.
He informed the governor that the guild was in Asaba for its 9th annual All Nigerian Editors Conference and commended him for all the state has put in place for the success of the conference.
“We appreciate the hospitality Delta State has shown us since our arrival for the conference. We thank Governor Uduaghan for your kind gesture to put everything in place to ensure the success of our conference,” he said.
President of the Guild, Femi Adesina, while giving his remarks at the opening ceremony, said the theme of the conference, “Nigeria Beyond Oil: The Role of Editors,” was apt, because, Nigeria needs to grow its economy outside oil
While noting that Nigeria’s doomsday could be at the corner if we continue to depend on oil as source of revenue Adesina said business mogul and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and others in the business community who have made their marks, were invited to the conference to open up on their way up the ladder of success outside oil production.
Chairman of the conference and former governor of Ogun state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, urged editors to work hard for the unity of the nation, noting that “one Nigeria under God will must survive.”
—Jethro Ibileke/Asaba