Nigeria Presents Candidate For IPI Board
By Qasim Akinreti, Geneva, Switzerland
The Nigerian Delegation to the 2019 International Press Institute,IPI, World Congress in Geneva, Switzerland has presented Alhaji Maida Waida, a former Managing Director News Agency Of Nigeria, NAN , as its next representative in the IPI Board from Africa.
He is expected to take over from
Mallam Kabiru Yusuf.
The board meeting is coming ahead of the opening ceremony and General Assembly Of IPI at the UN headquarters in Geneva.
The Nigerian delegation is led by Mallam Kabiru Yusuf, Managing Director/CEO and Board member Daily Trust Newspaper and President, IPI Nigeria.
Others are Alhaji Wada Maina , Former Managing Director, News Agency Of Nigeria, NAN, Sir Folu Olamiti, Former Editor Nigerian Tribune Newspapers and Media Consultant, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC , Alhaji Muhammed Idris, Publisher Blue Print Newspapers, Steve Ayorinde,Former Lagos state Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Qasim Akinreti, Chairman Nigeria Union Of Journalists, Lagos state Council.
