LASPOTECH : Aloft at 40, Launches Press Club

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The pioneering Executives, SUG Executives and The Institution PRO, Mr. Lanre Kuye



Eke Victor & Morenike Adetunji.

It was glitz and glamour as Lagos State Polytechnic today, March 30th 2018 launched her press club. 

The launch which was chaired by the club's patron Mr Olanrewaju Kuye saw the unveiling of the club's logo and its pioneering executives at the fully packed Engineering Auditorium of the polytechnic.‎

The press club, however, is the first of it's kind in the 40 years of the polytechnic's existence and is set to engage not only hands from the Department of Mass Communication but from departments across the institution in gathering, writing, reporting and analysing news accurately and fairly within the domain of the school.

SUG President, Mass Communication lectures, LASPOTECH PRO unveiling the Banner


The Founding President of the club, Mr. Ayoola  Olaitan in his speech identified the need for a press club in the institution. He said: “We discovered that students need to be informed more on the activities happening around them. Also, they need not to be informed alone but also to be taught on how to inform people effectively especially in a world where there is urgent need for accurate information.”

He added that the press club will serve as an intermediary between the institution and students, and as well double as training ground for writers who are passionate about their craft.

The association which was pioneered by five executives awarded certificates of office to 13 executives at the ceremony. The President, Ayoola Olaitan, Vice President I, Adesuyi Gabriel, Vice President II, Adeola Ayanda, Secretary,  Odejobi Yusuf Olatunji, Assistant secretary, Makinde Hannah Damilola, Editor-in-Chief, Amosu Jeremiah, Deputy Editor, Amori Christianah, News Editor, Alozie-Eke Victor, Sub-Editor, Morenike Adetunji, PRO/Online Editor, Osho Oluwatosin Isaac, Deputy Online Editor, Jeffrey Vidal, Content Editor, Alasi Adedoyin Fatima, and the Assistant content Editor, Abdulrasheed Baliqis Oluwaseyi.
The Pioneering Executives of LASPOTECH PRESS CLUB


On the importance of a press club in the institution, Mr Olanrewaju Kuye who is currently the Deputy Registrar, Public Relations Unit of the Institution, asserted that journalists are the watchdogs of the society and as such are very indispensable wherever they find themselves. He spoke on the need for the student-journalists to come to the knowledge of their worth in the society and challenged them to get the school adminstration involved in, activities of the club.

The launching ceremony was done in conjunction with the seminar organised by Mass Communication Students Association (MACSA) and Laspotech Press Club titled  “The State of Nigerian Media; What next?”  with the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Lagos Chapter Chairman, Dr Qasim Akinreti taking the lead presentation.‎

The launching had in attendance the Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Dr. Zannu Prosper, other distinguished lecturers; Mr. Ade Inasa-Thomas, Mr Gbenga Akanmu, Mr Sammy Ogunsanya, ex-student, Mrs Nike Fagbemi and many others.


Comments

  1. Unicommunicationsltd31 May 2018 at 15:03

    It is a welcome development!

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  2. harboursandport.com31 May 2018 at 18:05

    With the involvement of Olaitan Ayoola, I am not surprised.Hope those after him will keep the flag flying when he eventually graduates in a few months time?

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