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  • IPI lauds Nigerian national committee

    IPI lauds Nigerian national committee

    The international press institute has commended the IPI Nigerian National Committee for it’s leading role in the affairs of the world press freedom body.

    IPI Director, Frane Maroevic and Board Chair, Khadija Patel made the commendation yesterday at the meeting of the IPI Executive Board held in Vienna , Austria.

    Maroevic told board members that IPI Nigeria had carried out reforms that have helped it in organizing and carrying out press freedom activities worthy of emulation by other national committees.

    “The Nigerian National Committee is well-organized and extremely active. It is not only organizing, it is active in the training of our members in Nigeria. The IPI National Committee in Nigeria is a good example of how a national committee should operate .

    Maroevic expressed IPI leadership’s desire to collaborate with Nigerian chapter on press freedom activities Directly addressing the Nigerian representative on the board, Raheem Adedoyin, who was at the meeting , the director said : ” We see a great value in what you ( ( IPI Nigeria) is doing. You are doing very well, we will publish your activities. And do involve us in your planning”

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    Speaking in the same vein, IPI Board Chair, Khadija Patel said:” We ( IPI leadership) regard the Nigerian National Committee very highly. We are committed to enhancing the work that they do”

    The board is already mulling giving Nigeria the privilege to host a regional ( Africa) IPI National Committees summit later in the year.

    The board meeting considered and approved IPI budget for 2024, the IPI Strategy and the budget for the 2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    The board meeting, was followed immediately by an IPI Africa Strategy meeting, held at the instance of the Nigerian representative.

    The board meeting was attended physically by Khadija Patel, IPI Chair and Chair, Journalist-in-Residence, International Fund for Public Interest Media. South Africa; John Daniszewski, Vice Chair and Vice President, Standards, Editor at Large, The Associated Press USA; Raheem Adedoyin, Chair, Editorial Board, The Herald Newspapers, Nigeria and Márton Gergely, Editor-in-Chief HVG, Hungary; Bjørn Sæbø, Editor-in-Chief, Rogalands Avis,Norway , Frane , IPI Executive Director and 12 other board members who joined the meeting virtually.

    The IPI Africa Strategy meeting , chaired by Maroevic, was attended by Patel, Adedoyin, Scott Griffen , IPI Deputy Director, Amy Brouilette, IPI Director of Advocacy ;, Nompilo Simanje, IPI Africa Advocacy and Partnerships Lead and Edzodzi Ahiadou, IPI Africa Program Officer.

  • TATA, IPI unveil 200th locally assembled truck

    Tata Africa Services (Nigeria) Limited and Iron Products Industries (IPI) Ltd have rolled out the 200th locally assembled vehicle.

    Tata’s Head of the Auto Division, Suraj Prakash, said the firm would continue to pursue a local content programme that would ensure competitive pricing.

    Prakash said: “TATA Motors has a strong presence in Nigeria with investment of over 10 million dollars. We started assembly in 2016 which was well received by Nigerians. Our vehicles are well assembled and cost effective and it is better. Our vehicles are durable, up to standard and made for the Nigerian terrain. We will like to have more of government’s support on automobile policy because importation of tokunbo (second-hand) vehicles is of great disadvantage. Our vehicles are not expensive because most of the materials are sourced locally, so the cars are cost effective.”

    IPI Managing Director Nunu Diwan boasted that his company is the leader in steel fabrication in the country.

    Noting that the plant assembled about four TATA trucks daily, Diwan said the capacity could be increased if the need be.

    He hinted of plans to move from assembling of the vehicles to actual manufacturing by sourcing most of the components locally.

    “We are targeting manufacturing, not just assembly. By next year, 40 percent of the TATA trucks available in the market will be locally made,” he said.

    Nigerian Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) Industrial Infrastructure Director Abdulwaheed Odetoro, praised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for retaining the auto policy initiated by the previous regime.

    Odetoro assured that government will continue to support and protect locally manufactured vehicles.

    He said: “In the past, what we had was policy somersault, but now the government has put up a bill passed by National Assembly and waiting for the President’s assent. Once it is signed, the core operators in Nigeria will be protected.

    “The country is appreciative to those who have faith in Nigeria because manufacturing is key to economic development. We need to transform the sector from import dependent to full-scale manufacturing with realisation of technology transfer to indigenous experts in the industry.”

    In a symbolic gesture, the dummy key to the 200th TATA truck was presented to one of the brand’s loyal customers, Cobil Nigeria Limited.

     

  • IPI seeks Independent reporter Ezimakor’s release

    IPI seeks Independent reporter Ezimakor’s release

    The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed “deep concerns” over the detention of Tony Ezimakor, the Abuja Bureaucracy Chief of the Independent,  by the Directorate of State Service.

    Ezimakor has spent seven days in the DSS detention.

    A statement by Raheem Adedoyin, the Secretary IPI Nigerian National Committee, called for the reporter’s immediate release or he be charged to court if he had violated any law.

    “The government must adhere to the due process at all times.  We join the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other Professional bodies to call on the government to clarify the status of the detained journalist.”.

    Some civil society organisations are organising a march tomorrow at the headquarters of the DS in Maitama, Abuja.

    In a joint statement, the groups said:  “We re-emphasise our demand for the unconditional release of Mr. Ezimakor by the DSS.

    “In the alternative, we demand that the Federal Government charges him to court as stipulated in the constitution and give him the opportunity to defend himself,” the statement noted.”

    The statement wasjointly signed by Charles Oputa,  Deji Adeyanju (Concerned Nigerians), Ariyo Dare Atoye (Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy) and Bako Abdul Usman (Campaign for Democracy).

    Ezimakor is being held over a story published by Independent alleging improper handling of the Chibok girls’ negotiations by Swiss and Nigerian negotiators.

     

  • IPI director visits Nigeria on Wednesday

    Director of International Press Institute (IPI) Barbara Trionfi will visit Nigeria from Wednesday, ahead of the world congress of the institute scheduled for Nigeria in June.

    This year’s IPI World Congress,  holding in Abuja from June 21-23, will attract hundreds of leading editors and journalists from across the world, who will discuss numerous challenges journalists are facing.

    According to a statement issued by Managing Director of The Sun Publishing Limited Mr. Eric Osagie  and spokesman for the forthcoming Nigerian  congress, the IPI director will arrive Abuja tomorrow.

    The visiting director will start her schedule in Abuja, where she will attend a meeting with  IPI members/media stakeholders, following which a joint news conference will be addressed by Trionfi and Nduka Obaigbena, chairman of Congress Organising Committee.

    The IPI director will also visit to Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).

    The IPI director will also visit Senate President Bukola Saraki and inspect the June congress venue, designated  hotels and congress event centres.

    The IPI director will be in Lagos on February 23 and February 24, where she will hold a meeting with media stakeholders, after which she and Chairman of ThisDay, Obiegbena, will address a joint news conference.

  • Media stakeholders set up committees on 2018 IPI World Congress

    Media stakeholders set up committees on 2018 IPI World Congress

    Preparations for Nigeria’s hosting of the 2018 World Congress and General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI) have kicked off with the constitution of nine planning committees.

    The committees, set up at an extraordinary meeting of Nigerian media stakeholders  last Tuesday, at  George Hotel,  Ikoyi, Lagos are: the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the committees on finance; sponsorship; programme and events; media and publicity; transport and logistics; contact and protocol; venue and accommodation and security.

    The LOC is headed by the President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Prince Nduka Obaigbena, with Mallam Kabiru Yusuf and Mallam Garba Shehu as deputy chairmen.

    The Secretary, IPI Nigeria, Mr. Raheem Adedoyin, will serve as a member/ secretary.

    Speaking at the stakeholders meeting, LOC Chairman, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, said the Nigerian media was ready to host the world.

    “We have the whole world to host in six months; and we are prepared to host the world in six months, to showcase the best of Nigeria and the best of Africa,” he said.

    Obaigbena also promised that the host committee “would promote an agenda on issues that matter to us (Nigerians) and that matter to Africa”.

    The committees are to meet this month to fashion out a work plan and submit their reports to the LOC in January.

    Other members of the LOC include Mallam Ismaila Isa, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mallam Wada Maida, Lady Maiden Ibru, Dr. Kalu Orji Kalu, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, Mr. John Momoh, Mallam Yakubu Muhamned, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Dr. Tonnie Iredia and Sir Folu Olamiti.

    Also in the LOC are Mrs. Funke Egbemode, Mr. Waheed Odusile, Mr. Victor Ifijeh, Mr. Emma Agu, Mallam Mohamned Idris and Mr. Eric Osagie.

    Heads of the other committees, their deputies and secretaries are:

    Finance: Mallam Ismaila Isa (chairman), Mallam Kabiru Yusuf (deputy chair), Mr. Waheed Odusile( member/ secretary).

    Sponsorship will be chaired by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Prince Nduka Obaigbena is the deputy chair and Victoria Ibanga(member/secretary).

    Programme and events is to be chaired by Mallam Kabiru Yusuf,  Mr. Eniola Bello (deputy chair) and Tracia Ubani (member/ secretary).

    Transportation and Logistics has Sir Folu Olamiti as chairman, Mr. Nnamdi Njemanze (deputy chair) and Dr. Qasim Akinreti( member/secretary).

    Media and publicity is headed by Dr. Tonnie Iredia as chairman, Mr. Eric Osagie (deputy chair) and Mr. Yemi Ajayi (member/secretary).

    Contact and protocol has Mallam Garba Shehu as chairman, Mrs. Comfort Obi (deputy chair)and Hajia H.H. Sanni (member/secretary).

    Venue and accommodation is to be chaired by Mallam Wada Maida, Mrs. Funke Egbemode (deputy chair) and  Catherine Agbo (member/ secretary).

    Security will be chaired by Mallam Idris Mohammed, Mr. Madu Onuorah(deputy chair) and Madam Rafat Salami (member/ secretary).

  • IPI endorses Nigeria to host 2018 World Congress

    Nigeria has been granted the hosting right of the 2018 World Congress of the International Press Institute (IPI).

    Malam Garba Shehu, a member of the congress planning committee, said in a statement yesterday in Abuja.

    Shehu, who is also the SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, said the endorsement followed the successful bid by the Nigerian chapter of the IPI.

    He said that Nigeria’s bid to host the congress was championed by Kabiru Yusuf, who chairs the Nigerian chapter of IPI and Malam Isma’ila Isa.

    Yusuf is the publisher of the Daily Trust Newspapers while Isa is a long standing member of the world executive committee of IPI.

    “In making a strong case for Nigeria to host the world congress, the Nigerian team showed six minutes video showcasing the rich social and cultural heritage of the country.

    “The video also highlighted Nigeria’s outstanding values of media freedom, rich diversity and free flow of news.

    “In a video message, former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, himself  one-time chairman of the global media body and the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed both called for support for Nigeria’s bid.

    “They invited editors, journalists and media executives around the world to come to Nigeria to witness an African country’s dedication to quality and independent journalism and the change that is happening within through a democratic process.

    “The bid was unanimously approved by both the executive board of the IPI and the general meeting which ended on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany,” Garba added.

    In a short response to the decision, IPI Nigerian chapter chairman, Yusuf said, “Nigeria is happy that the hosting right is unanimously given.

    “It will help to change a lot of wrong perceptions about our country. We won’t take this lightly because it means a lot for Nigeria.”

    The IPI is a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of journalism practices.

    Founded in October 1950, IPI has members in over 120 countries.