The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says the transparent process leading to the election of Vanguard Newspapers editor, Eze Anaba, as President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) is a sign of a new beginning for Nigeria.
The LP candidate congratulated Mr Anaba and other successful contestants, describing their emergence as positive development for the media and the country at large.
Mr Anaba emerged the new president after the election held during the NGE National Biennial Convention, held in Owerri, Imo capital, on Friday.
He polled 250 votes to defeat his only opponent, Bolaji Adebiyi, who scored 81 votes.
In a statement in Lagos on Sunday, Mr Obi urged the new officers to see their election as a call for more contribution in the making of a new Nigeria where truth, justice, equity and hard work would be the watchwords.
He recalled the noble role by the media at strategic points in Nigeria’s march to nationhood,…