NGE launches trust fund for editors’ welfare
NGE launches trust fund for editors’ welfare
The Nigeria Guild of Editors has said it is putting in place a trust fund to address the economic challenges that media executives and editors are faced with during and after office.
The President of the Guild, Eze Anaba, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the trust fund would be launched in February 2024.
He said the initiative was part of the resolution made at the NGE conference held in Uyo between November 14 and 18, aimed at addressing the needs of media houses in the country.
Anaba said, “The trust fund, which is expected to be launched in the first quarters of 2024, will also address the daunting economic challenges that the media executives and editors are faced with during and after office. The fund will benefit the guild’s members in the print, electronic and online media.
“The trust fund will be a collaborative effort among all the stakeholders in the media sector, including the public sector, aimed at addressing key challenges that affect the professionals, who are the ultimate gatekeepers in their media organisations.
“The trust fund will create the much-desired impact in the journalism profession in the country as the editors and media executives will be exposed to empowerment programmes and innovations in the media industry, retraining and networking opportunities with colleagues from around the world.’’
The NGE president said a committee had been set up to oversee the successful operation of the trust fund, noting that it will serve as alternative funding for media practitioners in the country.
“The guild, at its annual conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State recently, set up a committee headed by its Vice-President (East), Mr. Sheddy Ozoene, to liaise with media stakeholders and coordinate the launching of the outfit in the first quarter of next year.
“The trust, which will be managed by trustees made up of eminent personalities from within and outside the media, will be a fallback cushion for media executives and editors in critical situations, and a source of addressing their welfare needs as well as funding for key media projects that will impact Nigeria’s democracy, good governance and national development,” Anaba said.
