NIJ Appoints Gbenga Adefaye As Acting Provost

The General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Gbenga Adefaye has been appointed as Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, (NIJ) Ogba, Ikeja.

In a statement signed in Lagos on Monday by former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Chairman, Governing Council of the NIJ, said Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution with effect from Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, pending the appointment of a new Provost.

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Part of the letter read, “I am pleased to inform you that the Governing Council of NIJ at its meeting on August 26 unanimously resolved to appoint you the provost of the institute.

“This appointment is effective from September 1, 2020, and will last until a new provost is appointed.

“We see this as a call to service on your part to our noble profession, which you served for many years as President of Guild of Editors.

“We are looking to your replication of many successes you scored when you steered the affairs of the Guild at its most trying times. Be assured of my full cooperation in the major task ahead of you.”

AllNews understands that Adefaye succeeds the former Provost, Gbemiga Oluleye, who has served out his term meritoriously.

Adefaye was a former two-term president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.

NIJ is a diploma-awarding monotechnic established in 1963 by the International Press Institute.