IPI sets up committee to organise 2018 World Congress

The International Press Institute, IPI, has set up a steering committee to organise the the next World Congress of the institute coming up in Abuja next year.

The setting up of the committee was one of the resolutions reached at the meeting hosted by Daily Trust in Abuja yesterday.

Headed by president of Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, the committee has as members Chairman of Daily Trust, Kabiru Yusuf and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, who will both serve as deputies.

Other members of the committee include president of Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, secretary of IPI Nigeria and Head of the Secretariat, Raheem Adedoyin, and representative of Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

The resolutions also indicated that IPI Nigeria would open up the event to the participation of all media organisations in the country.

In his acceptance speech, chairman of the Planning Committee, Mr Obaigbena, described the IPI World Congress in Abuja in June next year as “the most important media event in our country in the last 50 years.”

Calling for the support of all Nigerians in hosting the event, which he described as a “public-private partnership,” NPAN President said: “We must do everything to make our country great. We must not under-estimate or under-rate the greatness of our country.”

The Publisher of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, said that the hosting of IPI World Congress “is an awesome task which calls for the support of all Nigerians; it means a lot to the government and people of Nigeria.”

The Chairman of IPI Nigeria, Malam Kabiru A. Yusuf, warned about the scepticism and image dissonance concerning Nigeria which, if not handled very well, might torpedo the country’s hosting of the event.

He, therefore, charged the newly-established secretariat to be ready to respond to international enquiries, particularly with regards to the issues of safety.

The other members of the Planning Committee in attendance at the meeting include a veteran of the IPI, Malam Ismaila Isa, Malam Wada Maida, Mr Nnamdi Njemanze of the Nigeria Press Council, Mr Emma Agu and Mr. Timothy Oyedeji representing the Minister of Information.

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