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| Otunba Femi Davies with Gbenga Shaba. |
Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria, SDNON, has inaugurated new executives at her annual summit held yesterday, October 28, 2022 at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According
to the release made available to the media, the chairman of the electoral
committee, Gbenga Shaba, stated that he had no doubt in composition of the new
executives.
"Today,
we officially inaugurated the new leaders to pilot the affairs of our society,
whose term would terminate in 2024.
"As
the chairman of the electoral committee, I can assure you that the election was
free and fair on all that made known their wishes to take the society to the
next level. And I can tell you for free that I've absolute trust in them to
deliver," Shaba submitted.
The
new executives elected include Otunba Femi Davies as the new president, Femi
Herbert as vice president, Seunmanuel Faleye was elected general secretary
while Victor Ojelabi is the new treasurer.
Others
include Lilian Azuh as financial secretary and Abdallah el-Kurebe as registrar.
In
his acceptance speech, the president of the association, Otunba Davies
appreciated the members for the trust reposed in him and his team of executives
to deliver and move the two-year old association to a deserved position in the
society.
"The
need for professionalism in the media practice cannot be overemphasized and
from the discussions today by our guests, we would realise the importance of
SDNON as a very vital aspect of a peaceful and sane Nigeria.
"On
this premise, I feel humbled to be given the mandate to pilot the affairs of
this great society by my colleagues. And I can assure you that, with the help
of other members of the executive, our society will continue to lead the light
in the over-saturated media space," Otunba Davies said.
He
made this statement at the second annual summit by the society themed
"Nigeria's Security Architecture & Digital News Reportage: A
Credibility Threshold For A Successful 2023 General Elections" where the
keynote message was delivered by the vice presidential candidate of New Nigeria
People Party, NNPP, Bishop Isaac Idahosa.
Aside
the chairman of the 2022 SDNON electoral committee, Shaba, other members
included Wale Onifade, Damilare Bankole, Bamidele Adeyemi and Abiola
Alaba-Peters.
SDNON
is a network of seasoned journalists drawn from across newsrooms and a rallying
point for like-minded individuals in the new media space, driven by excellence
and poised to make clear-cut mark in contemporary journalism using modern tools
of the profession.
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