The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN), on Saturday elected new executive members to pilot the affairs of the guild for the next 2 years. The new executive members were elected through a transparent online voting. Mr Adrian Egonu of Naija Car Lovers emerged the President while Mrs Mimi Atedze of Fabmimiblog was elected as the Vice President.
Others are Kanyi Okeke of KanyiDaily who was elected as the Director of Corporate Communications, Matthew Awogor of Sendfix Digitals the Assistant Director of Corporate Communications, while Umeh Clinton of Journalist 101 is the Chairman-Elect GPBN South East, Alake Charles is the Chairman-Elect GPBN UK.
In his acceptance speech, Adrian, appreciated members of the guild for voting in the new Exco, as well as the Electoral Committee for a job well done. He pledged to be the best and to exceed expectations of the outgoing Exco. “We also thank all the contestants. No victor, no vanquished. We will run an all inclusive government. We don’t know it all and can’t do it all alone”. He concluded.
In his hand over note, the founder and past President, Chris Kehinde Nwandu thanked all members of GPBN for the opportunity given to him and his team to serve and urge current executive to uphold the tenancy of good leaders.
He concluded by asking members to give their 100% support to the new leaders, “When I muted the idea of setting up a National Bloggers Guild some years back, the essence was to have an umbrella Association that will take its rightful place in the scheme of things. That will stand tall amongst its peers in the country.”
“Prior to thi, bloggers have been seen as irritants, dropouts, blackmailers etc. The Guild over the years has changed the perception. Bloggers are now well respected within the Communication and Media industry. We have been able to create a niche for ourselves with respect. That to me is the greatest achievement of my team. I wish to thank all the pioneer members of this Association who believed my vision.”
“From just less than 7 members from inception, we are almost hitting the 100 membership mark with Branches in Lagos , Abuja , South East and London. I wish to thank members of my Executive for the wonderful job they did especially my Vice President Laila Ijeoma. May God bless you all, There is still so much to be done. For close to three years now, I have been longing to step down as the President of the Association, but every time I raised that point ,I ll be persuaded to hold on for a while.”
“I decided few weeks back that there is the need to have a new Executive, let us chat a new course ,let’s inject fresh ideas into the system. I therefore wish to thank all the newly elected Exco and those being asked to continue to act that so much is expected of you. Also I’ll also like to thank members of the electoral Committee for a job welldone. Kindly give the new Exco all your support even more than you gave us, we ll always be there to give our advise when sorted for.” He assured.
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