Kogi state governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has approved the appointment of a seasoned journalist, Mr. Yusuf Jimoh Itopa, as the new Managing Director of Kogi State Graphic Newspaper.
The state’s Head of Service, Mr. Elijah Evinemi, who disclosed this while speaking on the appointment in Lokoja on Friday.
He charged the new managing director to live up to expectations by ensuring that he used the media house to propagate and promote the government’s policies and programmes.
“By this appointment, you are the mouth piece of the state government. Go there and key into the system in order to fulfil the statutory mandate of the Graphic Newspaper.
“You should showcase your worth as an experienced journalist so that you can justify this appointment by performing creditable well to the admiration of the governor, the state and your professional colleagues,” he said.
In his remarks, the immediate past chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi state Council, Comrade Adeiza Momohjimoh, thanked the governor for the appointment and expressed optimism that he would “perform more than expectations.”
He appealed to the state government to give the necessary support to the media house to enhance its operations.
“I am using this medium to appeal to the Kogi state government to give maximum financial support to Graphic Newspaper so that people outside Kogi state can be reading the paper,” he said.
Appreciating the governor, the new MD promised not to disappoint him and all the people that were instrumental to his appointment.
“I will try my best possible to ensure that we do our best in ensuring that we promote government policies. I was in the Graphic Newspapers for over 12 years before I moved to the ministry of information. The experience is there for me to harness,” he said.
