The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has joined multitude of Nigerians to celebrate the newly elected president of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), Eze Anaba.
Editor of Vanguard Media Limited, Anaba, emerged new NGE leader on last Friday after polling 250 votes at the 2023 Biennial Convention of the Guild held in Owerri, Imo State, while his only opponent, Bolaji Adebiyi, formerly of Thisday Newspapers, polled 81 votes.
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According to the former governor of Ogun, emergence of Anaba showed that the NGE is defining a clear path for the country’s democracy.
“A common denominator of Nigeria’s democracy is that many leaders who fought for Independence had something to do with journalism.
“This defined the character of our nationhood by giving full expression to our unity in diversity. @NGEditors has again defined a clear path for our democracy through transparent elections, which produced a prolific writer and editor @vanguardngrnews @EzeAnaba.
“It shows Nigeria is on a democratic rebirth with @RenewedHope. Hearty congrats @AnabaEze,” Senator Daniel wrote.
The new NGE President was before his election the Social and Publicity Secretary.
Anaba brings to the NGE leadership a robust media management experience and huge contacts in the public and private sectors.
He is widely travelled and is also on the boards of some leading human rights groups in Nigeria.
Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.
