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| Late Alhaji Lateef Jakande |
As the Nigerian media grapples with a challenging economic climate, the second Alhaji Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture will take place on today, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.
Themed "Rapidly Changing Media Landscape: Survival Strategies," the event will feature Prince Nduka Obaigbena, chairman of THISDAY/Arise Media Group, who will discuss survival tactics with editors and media executives.
The lecture will be chaired by Minister of Information Alhaji Mohammed Idris, with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Special Guest of Honour.
In a statement issued on Sunday, July 29, 2024, and signed by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) President, Mr. Eze Anaba, and the General Secretary, Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the Publisher of Vanguard Media Group, Uncle Sam Amuka; former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (retired), will be Fathers of the Day.
The annual lecture, which was instituted last year by the NGE in honour of its founding president, late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, according to the professional body of Editors and media executives, is both a testament to the cherished service rendered by Alhaji Jakande, and an acknowledgement of the significance of having such a conversation for the overall good of the media and the country, Nigeria.
"The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) was formed on May 20, 1961 - to serve as an elite organization of editors, through which editors as professional heads of their publications, could enhance their professional interests by networking to discuss/address common challenges and developing relationships with their various audiences in the media itself, governments, professional and trade associations.
"Originally named the Guild of Newspaper Editors of Nigeria, it was later renamed Nigerian Guild of Editors to accommodate colleagues in the broadcast/online media.
"The NGE’s founding president was Alhaji Lateef Jakande (1929-2021). He had rallied his professional colleagues to form the body that was conceived to occupy the strategic middle ground of editorial senior managers between media owners and the general workforce of journalists," the NGE added,
The Guild said that after discharging "uncommon duties" to the Nigerian media, Alhaji Jakande went on to render appreciable service as the first civilian governor of Lagos State, and as a federal minister of works and housing.
According to the NGE, "Sixty-three years after, the NGE remains a respected organization among professional associations, and a leader in the media landscape.
"And Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s name remains treasured whenever committed service is mentioned in the media and public service.
"Consequently, as part of nurturing a culture of appreciation, the NGE, in 2023, instituted an annual lecture in honour of its late pioneer president, Alhaji Jakande to continue to interrogate developments affecting the media and society."
The Guild said that the event, which will provide a huge opportunity for media stakeholders to interrogate issues affecting the media sector, will be attended by media executives, scholars from the academic, policy makers, politicians, students of mass communication and others.
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