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World Journalism Education Council: Buhari hails Akinfeleye’s election

Ralph-Akinfeleye

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the election of Nigeria’s foremost Mass Communications teacher, Ralph Akinfeleye, on his election into the World Journalism Education Council.

President Buhari in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the Federal Government will always appreciate those who bring honour to the country, particularly in the areas of scholarship and other lofty endeavours.

The President commended the recent election of foremost Mass Communication teacher, Ralph Akinfeleye, a Professor of Mass Communications, into the World Journalism Education Council, the first African to achieve such feat.

The election of the University of Lagos don in Paris, France, last week, witnessed the “hoisting of Nigeria’s flag proudly once again in the international arena,” the statement said.

Buhari urged Akinfeleye to serve diligently in the three-year term, in which he would represent not only Nigeria, but the entire African continent.

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The statement stated that “More than 600 participants from 70 countries participated in the World Journalism Education Congress, where Akinfeleye was elected.

In a related development, President Buhari also condoled with family, friends, relations, as well as the diplomatic community over the passing away of Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi, former Nigerian Ambassador to Namibia.

The President said the demise of “the re-engineering technocrat” was a great loss to Nigeria, as the departed had the unique record of successfully turning around many parastatals and businesses that were hitherto underperforming.

President Buhari recalled that Olorunfemi, as Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory, assembled technocrats to develop blueprint for the effective administration of FCT as a Mega City, and is also credited as one of the brains behind the development of the solid minerals sector in the country.

The deceased served as Ambassador to Namibia from 2012 to 2015, and the President remarks that “he left his footprints in the sands of time.”