{"id":463569,"date":"2011-07-18T13:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/ipi-vienna-executives-visit-the-country\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T13:53:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T13:53:19","slug":"ipi-vienna-executives-visit-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/ipi-vienna-executives-visit-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"IPI Vienna Executives Visit the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hajiya Bilkisu<\/p>\n

14 July 2011<\/p>\n

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We sat in the lush green garden at the head office of the Media Trust newspapers in Abuja and reviewed the programme for the visit of the staff of the International Press Institute IPI.<\/p>\n

The IPI delegation was led by the IPI Director, Alison Bethel McKenzie and includes Naomi Hunt the Regional Officer for Africa. It was the first meeting of the delegation which arrived in Nigeria over the weekend. The meeting was attended by pioneer journalists and media proprietors, editors and other media stakeholders. They include Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, publisher of the Vanguard, Alhaji Isma’ila Isa publisher of the Democrat newspapers and Chairman Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, Chairman of Peoples Daily Alhaji Wada Maida, the Chairman of Media Trust Limited and Chairman of IPI Nigeria Malam Kabiru Yusuf, who received the visitors. Other participants were the Resident Consultant at ICPC Mr Folu Olamiti, the Director of Media at ICPC, Mr Mike Sowe, the Editor-in-Chief of Media Trust, Malam Mannir Dan Ali, the Secretary of IPI Nigeria Mr. Raheem Adedoyin. My humble self was there as the member of the Board of IPI Vienna.<\/p>\n

In their discussion, the members reviewed the status of press freedom in the country, the need to provide training for journalist on reporting corruption and also the plans for increasing membership of IPI members from Nigeria. Other issues discussed were arrangements for Nigerian IPI members to attend the forthcoming IPI Annual General meeting and Congress coming up in Taipei, Taiwan later in the year. In her response to some of the issues raised by the members of IPI Nigeria, Ms McKenzie said IPI would consider organising capacity building workshop for journalists in Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Journalism based in Lagos. She also indicated that IPI would diversify the speakers at IPI Congress to reflect the impressive size of the delegation from Nigeria which is often the biggest at several annual meeting and congresses.<\/p>\n

The Planning Committee of the visit made it an event for all media stakeholders where all media groups would have an opportunity to meet the visiting delegation. It also included courtesy visits to various media organizations so that the visitors would see journalists at work and the environment where newspapers and programmes are produced. The visit in Abuja will be followed with a trip to Lagos where they plan to meet media stakeholders at This Day Newspaper, Channels Television and the Nigeria Institute of Journalism.<\/p>\n

After the meeting at the Media Trust, the delegation visited the African Independent Television (AIT), the Peoples Daily and the Nigerian Television Authority NTA and also paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku . The IPI team that visited the Minister included veteran journalist and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba. In his opening remarks Malam Kabiru Yusuf expressed pleasure at being able to visit a member of the profession who now heads the nation’s information Ministry. He solicited the Minister’s support for promoting press freedom. In her opening remarks, the leader of the delegation and IPI Director Alison McKenzie said IPI has a deep and long history of involvement in Nigeria and they were in Nigeria to strengthen those ties. The Director commended the government for signing the Freedom of Information Act and said IPI through its Nigeria members would watch with keen interest the implementation of the law with the hope that Nigeria would set an example for other West African countries. She said ‘IPI plans to have a summit of African Minister of Information and hope Nigeria would participate effectively’<\/p>\n

The Hon. Minister, Mr Maku expressed pleasure at the visit and informed the delegation that the President was committed to the Freedom of Information Act and government had plans to bring all stakeholders together to deliberate on its implementation. He also underscored the need to have a strong office of an Ombudsman to resolve issues of media practice and ensure that media practice is professional and standards are universal. The Minister called for enforcement of media ethics and reminded the delegation of the role played by journalists who struggled for Nigeria’s independence. He urged the media to become the bastion of unity and refrain from taking sides in conflicts and in partisan politics.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Chief Osoba recalled the important role the IPI played in the development of journalism in Nigeria. He said the IPI was the first to establish an institution for the training of journalists in Nigeria in 1964 and he was one of the first set to be trained. IPI first sent a team from Kenya to do a survey and then set up the Nigeria Institute of Journalism NIJ in Lagos under the leadership of Chief Lateef Jakande who was the first African to be elected as the Chairman of the IPI.<\/p>\n

After leaving the Minister’s office, a journalist sent to cover the event wanted more information about the IPI. As the Board member representing Nigeria I shared information posted on our website and informed him that the idea for such an organisation evolved in the aftermath of the Second World War. In October 1950, 34 editors from 15 countries met at Columbia University in New York to form a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of the practices of journalism. IPI was founded on the belief that a free press would contribute to the creation of a better world. Today, IPI has grown into a global organisation with members in more than 120 countries. What began as a small project in the early 1950s has expanded to become a leading press freedom organisation. The organisation has expanded from its humble beginnings, but its philosophy remains the same: freedom of expression is the right that protects all other rights and this freedom needs to be promoted and defended. IPI members are editors, media executives and leading journalists working for some of the world’s most respected media. In several countries, IPI members have established National Committees. The reputation, commitment and dedication of IPI members are the main reasons behind the success of the organisation.<\/p>\n

Being one of the world’s oldest global press freedom organisations, IPI provides its members with invaluable network of media contacts. These contacts have proven to be of great professional benefit to members. IPI uses several instruments in its work to defend and promote press freedom. First and foremost, it intervenes wherever press freedom is threatened. Written protests are often the first response to press freedom violations. By protesting, IPI is seeking to bring the plight of journalists to the attention of the international community. They also express the solidarity of the IPI community with journalists who are victims of repression. The use of protests forces repressive regimes to recognise that their actions will not be tolerated by the democratic world. IPI’s Press Freedom Fund allows it to react swiftly to violations. This fund gives the organisation the means to undertake missions to countries where press freedom is under threat. The day’s event ended with a lunch meeting and preparations to visit the Senate President David Mark at the National Assembly the following day.<\/p>\n

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