Fayemi directs reinstated Eight Council Chairmen to resume work

Ekiti State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi has directed the newly
reinstated eight local government chairmen, their deputies and
elected councilors to return to their respective offices.

Fayemi also directed that the remaining eight local governments
be administered by Coordinating Directors, pending further
resolutions by the State House of Assembly.

The Ekiti House of Assembly had last week directed their
reinstatement following the adoption of the reports of the House
Committee of Public Petitions submitted by it Chairman, Mr Adegoke
Olajide.

The Assembly had on December, 18, 2018 suspended indefinitely
all the 16 LGAs Chairmen and 177 Councilors to pave way for
forensic audit of the councils’ account over alleged financial
impropriety.

They were indicted by the report of the Assembly Public Account
Committee saddled with the responsibility of probing finances of
the Councils.

The chairmen after being cleared by the assembly refused to
resume, claiming the governor is yet to give a directive to that
effect.

According to a statement on Thursday by the Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Akin Oyebode, the reinstated Council Chairmen and
the Coordinating Directors are to resume work at their respective
local government councils on Monday, 15th, July 2019.

The reinstated Council Chairmen are Hon. Bamisile Clement (Ado
local Government), Hon. Abiodun Dada (Ijero), Hon Dapo Olagunju
(Irepodun/Ifelodun), Hon. Ayodeji Daniel ( Ekiti West).

Others include Hon. Akin Ogidi (Gbonyin), Hon. Femi Ayeni
(Moba), Hon Omolase Joseph Olanrewaju (Ekiti South West), Hon.
Olukayode Abiola Racheal (Ikole).

The Coordinating Directors for the remaining eight local
governments include Mr Aluko Ayodele (Oye), Mr Aina Sesan
(Ilejemeje), Mr Adeola W.A. (Ido-Osi), Andero S.O. (Ekiti
East),

Others are Engr Ogunsakin G.T. (Ise-Orun), Engr Bayo Akinola
(Emure), Mrs Toba Ojo ( Ikere) and Mr. Awopetu Lawrence Omotunde
(Efon).

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AMCOS Unilorin: Publishers Urge Student Journalists to
Flush out Quacks in New Media

The Publisher of Cable Newspapers, Mr. Simon Kolawole and
Founder of PRNigeria, Mallam Yushau Shuaib have called on campus
journalists and journalism graduates to brace up in removing
charlatans influencing the contents in new media.

The media personalities made the
call at the 10th Doyin Mahmoud Lecture of the Department of Mass
Communication, University of Ilorin.

The annual lecture was in honor of the veteran journalist and
pioneer Head of Department, Late Doyin Mahmoud.

In his lecture titled “The Future of Journalism,” Simon Kolawole
who was the former editor of THISDAY said there is a serious
struggle between professional journalism and the “dubious” concept
called citizen journalism “which is no journalism”.

Represented by Afolabi Gambari, a
former features editor of National Mirror, Kolowole said end users
of news are increasingly depending on the social media,
particularly Facebook and Twitter, for information..

“If care is not taken, the future of journalism will be
dominated by quacks and the professionals will become outsiders.
This is already happening and creating a serious crisis of
confidence in the news media,” he said.

“Anybody with access to a smart phone and data now fancies
himself or herself as a journalist. They go on websites and the
social media to mine information and begin to reproduce. Before you
know what is happening, they tell you they are ‘citizen
journalists’ and begin to do damage to journalism.

“I am of the view that you don’t have to study journalism to be
a journalist. Some of the most respected journalists in Nigeria
today did not study journalism or mass communication. However,
there are two ways of learning: either in school or on the job…
Anyone who has spent between one year and three years in a newsroom
under a good editor will learn the important things about
journalism.”

In his remarks as the Guest of Honour, Mallam Yushau Shuaib
urged campus journalists to boost the scope of knowledge beyond
what they are taught by contributing regular reports and opinion
articles in the media to improve their skills.

The founder of PRNigeria who was represented by his son Saad
Yushau at the event also made a token donation for the magazine of
Association of Mass Communication Students (AMCOS.

The Head of Department, Dr. A.L.
Azeez in his remarks encouraged students to endure the rigor of
their discipline and build themselves so that they can stand out in
the media industry when they graduate.

The Director of Directorate of Corporate Affairs Commission,
University of Ilorin; Mr. Kunle Akogun also implored the audience
to take the bull by the horn so as to separate the wheat from the
tares in the journalistic practices.

The President of the Association, Comrade Opeyemi Adesina the
lecture is held annually in honour of Mahmoud, late veteran
journalist and former head of the department of mass communication
at Unilorin.

He said Late Doyin was the pioneer editor-in-chief of Daily
Independent Newspaper. He served as a training manager at the
Guardian Newspaper, after serving as deputy editor of The Sunday
Newspaper. He was also a former editor of The Herald newspaper.
Mahmoud died on September 20, 2009, at the University of Ilorin
Teaching Hospital, aged 56.

By PRNigeria