Agriculture journalists elect new executives

The Agriculture Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ACAN) has elected new executives to steer the affairs of the Association for the next two years.

ACAN, founded in 2012 with over 20 members, has been at the forefront of reporting agriculture objectively by embarking on investigative journalism and analysis of the agricultural sector.

The Chairman of the electoral committee and the business editor with the Punch Newspaper, Mr Nnodim Victor, while announcing the results of the election, declared that Collins Nnabuife, an agriculture reporter with the Nigerian Tribune Newspaper, was elected as Chairman of the Association, while Ms Aniete Patrick from Core TV was declared the winner for the Vice Chairmanship position.

Oluwaseun Ayeni, an editor with Food Farm Newspaper, emerged as Secretary, while Juliana Agbo, a business reporter with The Nation Newspaper, was elected as Welfare/PRO, and Caleb Onwe of New Telegraph Newspaper emerged as Treasurer of the Association.

While congratulating the newly elected executives, Mr. Victor charged them to work together as a team to move the Association forward.

He also called on the executives to ensure that all members of the association are involved in all the activities.

In his acceptance speech, the newly elected Chairman of the Association, Mr Nnabuife, promised to embark on repositioning ACAN and make it viable to cater for the welfare of members.

“First of all, we will reposition the association, revitalise it, and make it viable. We are going to ensure that the welfare of our members is catered for.

“Most importantly, we cover agriculture; we will always maintain our mandate. Each media home has its own mandate, which its reporters follow, but the overall mandate is to cover the agricultural sector very well and do what we call developmental journalism.

“When they talk about food security and the players needed to achieve food security, agriculture reporters are part of the key players. So we also play our role by giving good reportage, ensuring that members give good reportage about agricultural issues that will expedite the country’s speed in achieving food security.

“More importantly, we are going to work with the government not as slaves but as stakeholders; where they go wrong, we point it out to them, and where they need advice, we advise them, and we are going to partner with both the private and public sectors to ensure that there is food on the table of every Nigerian; that is our mandate. And we are going to also make the association an association that will be reckoned with by both the international and the local bodies”, Nnabuife noted.

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