ORAN awards Access Bank, inducts Monday Ubani
The award was received on behalf
of Access Bank by Abdul Imoyo, Head, Corporate Communications, Access Bank.
Ubani, Principal Partner, Ubani
& Co Chambers, was unavoidably absent but was aptly represented by
Barrister Ife Ajayi.
Both the award presentation and
induction were held during the second-year anniversary ceremony of ORAN which
held Thursday, December 2, 2021 at the City People Ball Room, Gbagada, Lagos.
Speaking on the theme of the
ceremony, How Online Reporting Affects Governance/Financial Institutions, Ajayi
emphasized that online reporters must be careful with their day-to-day
activities.
“It’s true the world has become a
global village. Even at that, the true journalism ethics must come to play. Journalists
need to balance their stories. This will help you with libelous stories. Even
at the court, it’s very challenging to reference online publication stories
while filing a case. Online journalists still need to do more on integrity.
This kind of forum should continue to educate more online reporters on daily
reporting,” he said.
When it was his turn to speak, Imoyo
praised ORAN for educating its members regarding writing unconfirmed reports, fake
news without proper balancing.
“We need to continue the fight
against fake news. Several organizations have lost a lot as a result of fake
news that’s not confirmed. Someone who wants to post or publish sensitive
stories should first confirm them before doing so.”
ORAN Patron and Publisher, City
People Media Group, Dr. Seye Kehinde also spoke on the need for media
practitioners to improve their skills in order to move forward.
The President, ORAN, Shehu Tijani
Adegbola, who’s also the Publisher, Confirm News, gave the vote of
thanks.
Some of the ORAN members present
at the occasion were Funsho Akinwale, Publisher, ASA News; Isaac Oguntoye,
Publisher, The Comment; Peter Iruobe, Publisher, Fujiipop; Richard Arthur,
Publisher, Bottomline; Titilope Oshunlalu of City People; and Oseyiza
Oogbodo, Curator, Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog.
Music performances were by Ceesky
and H Y 2 and DJs Mystic and Bravo represented on the wheels of steel.
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