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President of the Lagos State Assembly Chamber, RT. Hon. (Dr) Mudashu Obasa, applauded the national honors conferred on some great journalistic such as Sam Amuka-Pemu, publisher of Vanguard newspapers; Bayo Onanuga, special information on information and strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Give Babarinsa, a popular newspaper editorialist; and Dapo Olorunyomi, founder/publisher of Premium Times.
In the list of recipients there were Kunle Ajibade, executive editor of Thenows; Seye Kehinde, publisher of City People magazine; Nosa Igiebor, chief indacter of Tell, perhaps the most successful news magazine of Nigeria; And Bagauda Kaltho, a correspondent senior of Therews magazine that was assassinated in an explosion of bombs in 1996 in the state of Kaduna.
The media icons were part of 139 honored Nigerians for their various and precious contributions to Nigerian democracy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the celebration of the day of democracy of 12 June.
The sincere greeting of the speaker Obasa is contained in a declaration signed by CongaShina Oyetayo, his special consultant for research, media and documentation.
According to him, “it is moving to see these great honored journalistic for their courage, resilience and firmly use the power of their pen to combat the tyranny of the military dictatorship, risking life and sustenance, challenging the probability, guns and arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, to fight for the entrionization, growth and survival of the Nigeria.
They are the real heroes of our democracy. They deserve all the honor conferred on them. “
Obasa also thanked them for their work of love and sacrifices for Nigeria and has implored them to maintain their passion for a better society on fire and alive. He implored them that they were not slowed down from age or any existential problem.
“Nigeria for which you risked everything is almost here. And we need you to continue to be the guard dog of our democracy,” said Obasa.
It is interesting to note that Amuka-Pemu, which President Tinubu described as “a legendary journalist and publisher who remained faithful to his life for life”, could not have had a more suitable 90th birthday gift compared to the conferment of the commander of the Niger order (with) on him. Amuka-Pemu, founder of the Vanguard newspaper, turns 90 on Friday 13 June.
Like Amuka-Pemu; Also onanuga, founder of Therews magazine and Babarinsa, co-founder of Tell Magazine, was conferred with the title. Olorunyomi, Ajibade, Igiebor and Kehinde obtained the officer of the order of the Niger, Oon, title.
On the contrary, Kaltho, who obtained a posthumous Oon, was one of the journalists who paid the supreme price during the despotic regime of the deceased general Sani Abacha.
