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Osinbajo, NSA, INEC chair for editors conference on 2023 elections

The 18th All Nigeria Editors Conference will be declared open in Owerri, Imo State, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday. The National Security Adviser,…

The 18th All Nigeria Editors Conference will be declared open in Owerri, Imo State, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday.

The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, a former Minister of Information and Culture, Nnia John Nwodo and the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, will lead the discussions at the three-day conference being supported by the Imo State Government, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, the Central Bank of Nigeria, United Bank for Africa, Glo, Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Air Peace, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Company, the Nigeria Port Authority and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.

In a statement yesterday by its President, Mustapha Isah and the General Secretary, lyobosa Uwugiaren, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), said Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma will be the Guest of Honour; while a former presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, will deliver the keynote address, with the theme ‘2023: Political Landscape, Credible Elections and the Role of Editors.’

The first woman professor of Mass Communication in Africa and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Paul University, Awka, Prof Stella Chinyere Okunna, will chair the opening ceremony. 

‘’Besides the opening session, the conference would have three others; the second session for the Day 1 of the conference has a paper titled, Mobilizing Citizens for Sustainable Democracy In Nigeria, to be presented by by Former Minister of Information & Culture, Chief Nwodo.

‘’The morning session of the Day 2, Friday, November 11, would have the National Security Adviser, Gen Monguno presenting a paper, 2023 General Election And Security: What Editors Need To Know’’, the statement added. 

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