Nigerian Institute Of Journalism House To Be Named After Isa Funtua

The name of the recently-deceased Isa Funtua will be memorialised by the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) by naming the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) after him.

The organisation made up of three other major branches of journalism in the country like the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), and the Newspapers’ Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), made the disclosure.

In a statement signed by the president of the organisation, Nduka Obaigbena, it said that Funtua, who died on Monday, has made "innumerable contributions to the development of journalism."

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The full statement can be read below:

A STATEMENT FROM THE NIGERIAN PRESS ORGANISATION

For his untiring contributions to the development of Journalism and Freedom of the Press in Nigeria and around the world, it is the privilege of the Nigerian Press Organisation – Newspapers’ Proprietors Association of Nigeria ( NPAN), Nigerian Guild of Editors ( NGE) and The Nigerian Union of Journalists  ( NUJ)  -to name the newly rebuilt Nigerian Institute of Journalism House, Adeyemo Alakija Street,  Victoria Island, Lagos,  as ISMAILA ISA HOUSE to honour the life and times of Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, OFR, Mni, who died on Monday, July 20, 2020, after a life of dedicated service to Nigeria that spanned politics, business and media.

His contributions to the development of journalism is innumerable: including, but not limited to his co-founding of Democrat Newspapers; presidency of the NPAN at a time of national crises, and later a life patron; services to the international Press Institute where he served on the global board; contributions to journalism education as Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, ETC, ETC.

Samaila Isa Funtua, 1942 -2020, will be deeply missed but not forgotten.

Nduka Obaigbena

President, Nigerian Press Organisation,

President of The Newspapers’ Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

On behalf of the collective leadership of the Nigerian Media.

THISDAY / ARISE  Group