The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) will on Thursday hold a memorial lecture in honour of a departed veteran journalist, renowned broadcast manager and politician, Senator Anyim Ude.
Ex-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olu Akpata, will deliver the lecture on the topic: “Freedom of the Press, Fake News and the Rule of Law.”
Ude, who died on May 15, rose to the peak of his career at the managerial level that spanned decades across federal and three state-owned media establishments.
He also served as commissioner in Ebonyi State and represented Ebonyi South in the Senate between 2007 and 2011.
A statement by the former Vice President (AG), Zone C (Southeast, NUJ), and Chairman of the Organising Committee, Kenneth Ofoma, quoted the National President of NUJ, Chief Chris Isiguzo, as saying that the union would honour Sen. Ude “for his immense contribution to journalism and the media industry in Nigeria”.
Ofoma said the lecture would hold at Enugu Sports Club Auditorium, opposite Modotel Hotel, 1, Club Road, Enugu, adding that the choice of Enugu was because it was the capital of the defunct Eastern Region “and Senator Ude was a national figure and a prominent Igbo son.”
“The lecture will be delivered by Chief Olu Akpata, former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), while governors of five states in the Southeast will serve as special guests of honour,” Ofoma said.