Ex-Concordians to honour Bello, Adesina, Osagie, Odusile, others

FORMER Concord members of staff have concluded arrangement to honour their colleagues: Tunji Bello, Femi Adesina, Waheed Odusile, Ohi Alegbe, Eric Osagie, Sani Zoro and Jide Orintunsin, who were recently appointed into various positions of authority at the federal, state and private sectors.

The event to be attended by both editorial and non-editorial personnel of the defunct Concord Press, holds tomorrow at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja at 7.00pm.

Tunji Bello is the current Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Femi Adesina is the Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), to President Mohammadu Buhari, Waheed Odusile, was recently elected as the new National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ohi Alegbe, takes charge as the group General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Eric Osagie, takes over from Adesina as the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief) Sun Newspaper; Sani Zoro, a one-time National President of the NUJ, was elected in the April Polls as representative in the lower chamber of the National Assembly representing one of the constituencies in Jigawa State and Jide Orintunsin was last week appointed as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) Media & Publicity to the Niger State Governor.

Ogbeni Goke Odeyinka, the co-ordinator of the programme stated that “the event is not just a reception but a reunion of all those who have one-time or other served and worked in Concord Press.