By Goodluck Ikiebe
Mr Anaba, right and some elected members of the Guild’s exco.
Mr. Eze Anaba, Editor of Vanguard Newspaper, has been elected the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors at the Guild’s biennial convention held in Owerri, Imo state on Friday night.
Anaba polled 250 votes to defeat his rival, Mr. Bolaji Adebiyi, who got 81 votes. Bolaji is Editor – chief of Western Post newspaper.
Over 300 editors participated in on the two-day event of the Guild’s biennial convention, which was declared open by Senator Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state.
Anaba and members of the new exco would pilot the affairs of the apex association of Editors in Nigeria for the next two years.
He succeeds Mr Mustapha Isah.
Those returned unopposed include Husseina Bangshika as Deputy President ;Steve Nwosu as Treasurer; Kabir Alabi Garba (Vice President, West); Gabriel Akinadewo Folajimi (Assistant Secretary); Umoru Ibrahim (Vice President, North); Muhammad Sanusi and Paulyn Owhievbie Ugbodaga (both Standing Committee, North).
Other Editors elected are Charles Kalu (Social/Publicity Secretary; Sheddy Ozoene (Vice President, East); Chinedu Egere and Dom Isute (Standing Committee, East), Onuoha Ukeh, Rose Moses and Oluwole Sogunle (Standing Committee, West).
