A’Ibom Media Chiefs Hold Stakeholders’ Summit Friday
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Journalists in Akwa Ibom State, will on Friday, September 20, 2024, hold the maiden edition of the media stakeholders summit in the state.
With the theme – “the State of the Media in Akwa Ibom State: The Way Forward”the one-day summit will have two sessions; a Pre-Summit session with media relations managers and a Stakeholders’ Business session.
A release made available to TNN by the secretary of the summit, Mr. Kufre Etuk, revealed that the event will hold at the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Press Centre, in Uyo.
Etuk, who is also the editor of the Crest Newspaper stated that the summit which will bring some reporters, editors, and publishers in the state together will be co-chaired by a former Chairman of the NUJ and Publisher of Straightnews newspaper, Mr Israel Umoh, and the Regional Editor of South-South/South-East Premium Times, Mr Cletus Ukpong.
He added that “the Chairman of NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council, Mr Amos Etuk, and the Chancellor of Conference of Online Publishers, Akwa Ibom State COOPA, Mr. Utitofon Morgan Ukpong, would present goodwill messages at the Summit.
“Dr. (Mrs.) Idongesit Ashameri, a former Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the NUJ, Akwa Ibom State, will speak at the summit on the topic: ‘Media Practice in Akwa Ibom: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’.
“Other Speakers are Mr Idorenyin Aquaisua, Publisher of Media Post International, who will speak on ‘The Challenges of Media Industry in Akwa Ibom State’ and Mr Ekemini Simon, an award-winning journalist with The Mail newspaper, Uyo, who will speak on ‘Opportunities for Media Sustainability in Akwa Ibom State’.”
Further, he revealed that, “Otuekong Franklyn Isong, Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network CHRAN, an internationally recognised human rights and pro-democracy organisation in Nigeria, will examine press freedom in Akwa Ibom, while Mr Ukpong, the Regional Editor of Premium Times, will speak on Ethical and Responsible Journalism in the state.”
