In a unanimous decision, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Friday confirmed Funke Egbemode as substantive president at the guild’s 12th annual conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Mrs Egbemode, who is the managing director and editor-in-chief of New Telegraph Newspaper, becomes the second female president of the NGE after late Remi Oyo.
The popular writer of intimate affairs said after her confirmation: “I feel honoured and I feel like that I have just been handed a big responsibility, like a big board that must not drop.
“I urge members to keep the flag flying.
“We have done very well as a body.
“We should continue to do things that will elevate the Guild, whatever will promote journalism, whatever that will promote the body.”
The former Punch, ThisDay, Daily Independent and Sun journalists continued: “For the time I will be in the saddle, the guild will change for the better, will become more visible.
“We have produced commissioners, spokespersons of the President, NNPC GGM on Public Affairs.
“What I want us to do is to ensure that we remain the pool where the nation drinks.”
The president promised that the NGE would continue to produce quality people that would serve the nation.
Members of the guild also accepted a draft constitution ahead of expeceted ratification at a national convention in April 2017.
