Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State
capital, will from Wednesday this week, play host to the 8th annual All Nigerian Editors Conference
where over 250 Nigerian editors from the print, electronic and online media,
are expected to be in attendance.
The opening ceremony of
the conference, with the theme: The
Nigerian Editor and National Security, is slated for Thursday, September
13, at the new Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo.
A release by the
Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, welcomed
the editors to Akwa Ibom, the State of Uncommon Transformation and urged them
to savour the hospitality of Akwa Ibom people.
Mr Umanah said while
Senate President, David Mark will be the Special Guest of Honour at the event,
veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba as
will be the chairman.
The Commissioner called
on all journalists in the state to accord the editors a befitting welcome and
identify with the events lined up for the conference.
The keynote address at
the conference, according to the release, will be delivered by the National
Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), while the Director-General of the
State Security Service, Mr. Ita Ekpenyong will deliver a paper on the topic, Architecture
of Terror.
Other resource persons
expected at the conference are, Prof. Etannbi Alemika,who is to talk on The
Cost of Insurgency; Chief Femi Falana (SAN), Understanding Anti-Terror Laws in
Nigeria; Rufai Ibrahim, Reporting Right, Reporting Safe.
The editors will, in the
course of the conference, hold an interactive session with Governor Godswill
Akpabio and other and governors of some other selected states.
Also expected to grace
the occasion are the Speaker of the House of Representative, Alhaji Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim
Pius Anyim and the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku.
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