The National League of Veteran Journalists ( NALVEJ) in Kwara State has elected a new executive that will run its affairs for the next three years.
Members of the league in a unanimous decision returned the league’s chairman, Alh Mohammed Tunde Akanbi for a second term of office, citing his superlative performance as reason for their decision.
They also returned all other members of the immediate past executive and elected three other members into the executive.
The inauguration of the new executives was witnessed by top government officials and media gurus.
In his acceptance speech, Alh Akanbi, thanked NALVEJ members for the confidence they reposed in him and other members of his team.
He pledged to take the league to a more greater heights during his second term of office.
In her remarks, the commissioner for Communication, Bola Olukoju, called for journalists continuous support for the programmes and activities of Governor AbdulRazaq’s led administration.
Olukoju said concerted efforts would be made by her and her team to showcase the governor’s giant strides in all sector through appropriate communication platforms.
The NUJ chairman, AbdulLateef Ahmed who hailed the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his support for the state’s media outfits, solicited for more assistance to the media to enable them perform optimally.
Other members of NALVEJ executives are Ola-Olu Ajayi ( vice chairman), Mudasiru Adewuyi (secretary), Doyin Christie (Asst secretary), Sule Sabi ( treasurer), Silifat Adeyemi ( financial secretary, Gbenga Olarinoye ( welfare officer), Tunde Bello ( auditor), AbdulRahman AbdulMalik ( legal adviser and Abdullahi Olesin ( publicity secretary).
