Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
the future of journalism in nigeria
Media Organisations and Stakeholders must invest in the capacity building and technology to meet up with the media challenges in the 21st century.
A Cross Section of Media Practitioners made this demand at the end of a one day forum on the future of journalism in Nigeria held at the school of the media and communication Pan African University, Lagos.
A Senior Fellow,of the School , Mr Richard Ikiebe told VON Correspondent Qasim Akinreti that the media of the future should embrace the social media platforms.
As one of the immediate solutiond to the challenges ahead journalism practice in nigeria, a centre for media leadership has been set up by the Nigerian Guild of Editors and School of media and Communication Pan African University.
According to Mr. Richard Ikiebe the media centre was put together to train visionary leaders in the Nigerian who can be role model for young journalists.
Ikiebe said the centre would also bridge the gap between the academics and the newsroom with a view to enhance professionalism and integrity in the Nigerian media.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
nuj president committed to journalists welfare
The president nigeria union of journalists,mallam garba mohammed has reiterated his committtment to the welfare of journalists by ensuring that media workers get a better salary structure.
The president of the Union, Mr Mohammed Garba, gave the assurance while addressing some members of the union in Voice of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria.
Mr Garba and some of the union’s executive members are on tour of councils across Nigeria to discuss issues ranging from improved insurance programme, salary structure and the increment of weigh-in allowance of media workers among others.
Issues ranging from a better media salary structure, improved insurance programme and ensuring that fake journalists are punished have become of great concern among journalists in Nigeria.
The visit of the Nigerian Union of Journalists’ president was an avenue for members to air their views and concerns.
At the meeting, it became clear that the approval of the much awaited media salary structure would not come soon, as it would require the deliberation of the National Assembly.
While media workers await the approval of the media salary structure, the union had been able to reach an agreement with the Salary and Wages Commission, the Ministry of Information and Labour for a twenty-two per cent increment of media workers weigh-in allowance.
The President of the Union, Mohammed Garba, expressed optimism that media workers would soon enjoy the twenty-two per cent increment, as the consolidated salary has been approved.
Earlier, in a meeting with the Union’s president, the Executive Director of the News Directorate, Voice of Nigeria, Mr Okey Nwachukwu, empasised the need to sanitise the media.
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The speedy implementation of the approved consolidated salary would bring relief to media workers in Nigeria, whose reportage contributes to the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
Need for leadership training in Nigerian schools
Discussants at the MBA Ameen resource center at the Ahmadiyya Muslim jamaat complex in Lagos have called for the introduction of leadership training into the school’s curriculum for Nigeria to have visionary and resourceful leaders.
Rising from a one day policy dialogue on the removal of fuel subsidy and the leadership question: The Islamic perspective, the speakers observed that the president demonstrated lack of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians for removing the oil subsidy at that particular time, as discussions on the issue were ongoing.
According to them the “timing was inappropriate, needleless and a callous act meant to punish the people rather that addressing corruption in the oil subsidy saga”.
Missionary and barrister Robiu Uthman, said leadership entails being sensitive to the plight of the people in the formulation of policies that would add value to the lives of Nigerians. He also stated that a good leader must be ready to listen to the yearnings and aspirations of the citizens.
Missionary Uthman explained that under an Islamic system, the leader must listen to suggestions from the people through a consultative assembly-the shoora.
Going by the revelations from the oil subsidy probe, personal assistant to the lagos state commissioner for transport, shina loremikan submitted that government can only restore confidence in Nigerians ,if it sanctions officials and oil contractors indicted in the fuel subsidy probe.
Barrister and lawyer Bashir Badru equally noted that while the oil probe has become almost a circus show, the startling revelations have revealed the high level of corruption in the oil sector which has made Nigerian s to pay for ineptitude of public officials.
Executive Director, Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Tokunbo Mumuni bemoaned loss of confidence in government due to rampant corruption in all spheres of Nigerian lives.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
rekindle the soul of jacitad
indeed it was a new begining for ict journalists and other stakeholders in the most lucrative sector of the nigerian economy-the telecoms, as Shina Badru signed a social contract to lead and inspire hope for ict journalists under the umbrella of joint action committee for ict awareness and development,jacitad.
he won a landslide election on tuesday 21st february at new horison plaza.according to him" i will declare a full road map for the group soon and rap it up in the next three months. the website of jacitad will be up and runing, prifiling of ict journalists will commence immediately.for me it is a new begininig for jacitad".
jacitad is a unifying platform for ict journalists. in the words of shina badru jacitad must take its pride of place as a critical stakeholder among the body of stakeholders in the ict industry in nigeria,africa and beyond.
to accentuate this chought, leading ict journalists across board attended the epoch making meeting among them are bayero agabi of ait,don pedro,jonah boma of etisalat, bimbola tooki, segun oruame of the nation newspaper qasim akinreti, nigeria's foremost online journalist.
shina badru pedigree speaks volume. he stated ict reporting with thisday newspaper and later founded technology times. check him out on twitter-@shyna and beep him on bbn 26bd13ba.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
making history-the femi akinsanya art collection
Bringing African Art Collectors into the Global Art Space
Making History: African Collectors & the Canon of African Art is a ground breaking new book featuring some of Nigeria’s most outstanding traditional art works from the Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection (FAAAC). Making History was written by respected international art historian, Professor Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie of the University of California Santa Barbara, and was launched today at a private event at the Wheatbaker hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos. The 278-page critical analysis of African art collection practices in Lagos Nigeria features museum quality traditional art pieces with stunning photography by celebrated Nigerian photographer, Kelechi Amadi Obi.
Making the History
The book was launched alongside the opening of an art exhibition in which 23 FAAAC artworks of impeccable provenance were presented, for the first time ever, to a keen group of art critics, curators, collectors, journalists, private sector investors and art enthusiasts. The book was launched by His Royal Majesty, Igwe Achebe, Agbogidi Obi of Onitsha, a custodian of traditional Igbo culture, and a recognized art collector in his own right.
Making History is a celebration of over 200 unique masks, sculptures and other important artworks of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River, Benin & Benue River Valley origins, which were collected by Femi Akinsanya, a Nigerian investment banker, who has spent the last 30 years collecting African art. Making History was the culmination of a three-year collaboration between Akinsanya and Prof .Ogbechie, who authored the book and argues that African collectors and their collections have been totally marginalized in the global art community.
Invisible Art?
According to Ogbechie, African art collectors in Africa and specifically in Nigeria are unknown because their collections have not been exhibited, researched, photographed, authenticated and written about. He explains that between 1970-2005 the journal African Arts, one of the world’s leading scholarly publications on the arts of Africa, documented over 2000 exhibitions that promoted collections of African Art owned by European and American collectors. None of the exhibitions highlighted art owned by an African or located on the continent, despite the fact that there are many impressive collections of African art in Africa.
As the author explained, “Making History therefore sheds light on a neglected constituency of African collectors who are currently marginalized in discourses about their own cultural heritage”. The book refutes the general misconception that since Africa’s richest cultural treasures were pillaged during colonialism, nothing of much value still remains in Africa. Making History also shows that African artworks were not only exported to the West, but their intrinsic equity and economic value was also transferred from its African producers to the Western collectors promoted in most publications on the subject to date.
Antiquated Laws
Making History is a unique, valuable, well delivered, scholarly work by Nigerian art historian Ogbechie, which will add a lot of value to museums and university collections across the world,” said Mr. Mayo Adediran, retired Director of Museums, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, who reviewed the book. “It also clearly points to the fact that Nigerian museum laws, which prohibit citizens from buying and selling antiquities, need to be updated, so that individuals, communities, local governments and even universities can begin to partner with government to protect and exhibit our best cultural artifacts.”
“Our elected leaders have often acted as if arts and culture are alien luxuries that developing countries could ill afford. But our ancestors prove such perceptions are wholly misplaced as shown convincingly by the antiquity, quality, quantity and diversity of traditional art in the Akinsanya Collection and many other collections in Africa,” commented His Royal Majesty, Igwe Achebe, Agbogidi Obi of Onitsha, who launched the book.
“I call for an urgent review of our National Policy on Arts and Culture and its implementation with a view to achieving greater relevance and sustainability such that our art and culture will become key development resources,” the monarch said.
Making History is presented in collaboration with The Collectors’ Series, a new Nigerian art initiative spearheaded by Sandra Obiago, an award winning film maker and art collector, who is determined to showcase the groundbreaking work of art collectors in Nigeria.
“Making History not only demonstrates that we have world class collections which can rival any in the British Museum or the Louvre in Paris, it will also challenge art patrons to professionalize the art management process by investing more in researching, documenting and exhibiting their private collections locally and internationally,” she said.
“There is need for more openness and transparency in the mechanics of the market of African Art,” added Femi Akinsanya, whose FAAAC collection also includes a rich selection of modern and contemporary art. “We need to reform our archaic laws and work towards enabling the transfer of legal rights of title for current holders of artworks. Making History also provides an important platform for art dealers who source these works for collectors, by recognizing their important contributions to the development of African art collections, which will hopefully help move the trade of traditional African art out of the shadows.
Making History was published by 5 Continents Editions, the Italy-based foremost international publisher of books on African art and is available from leading local and international bookshops.
The exhibition of Making History, was curated by Prof. Ogbechie and supported by the Wheatbaker. The Exhibition was opened to the public at the Wheatbaker Hotel from January 27th to February 1, 2012.
visit www.akinsanyaart.com
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