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DELE GIWA HONOURED FINALLY IN LAGOS

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

30 years after an Ibrahim Babangida inspire parcel bomb blew him into pieces in his Lagos Home, Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Newswatch magazine has finally been honored by the very odious Nigerian Society.

Amidst pomp and pageantry ,the younger brother of the deceased Mr Tunde Giwa collected the beautiful looking plaque at the EKO F.M. events Hall at Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria  to the delight of the gathering  at the second Reunion and reception held by the Alumni of the now rested Concord Press of Nigeria Limited ,Lagos.

In her speech through a representative, Lagos Deputy Governor,Mrs Idiat Adebule while felicitating with the body  said that the body should consider setting up a welfare fund to help take care of alumni s who were not so fortunate in life.

She prayed that those who were been given awards apart from the deceased journalist should continue to use it to be of value to the larger society.

In his own contributions,a member of the organizing team,Mr Aliyu Mohammed Olurotimi on behalf of the alumni thanked the state government for the honour done to the group by giving some of their members exalted positions within the polity .

He reeled out the lists of Concord Press of Nigeria Limited staff that were so honored with the crowd clapping in sincere appreciation as each of the recipients  were called out before the gathering as they collected their awards as the night wore on with food and drinks used to wash down a rich vein of buffet for all the invited guest.

It was observed that unlike last year ‘s event the duo Mrs Hamidat Doyinsola Abiola ,Former Managing Director of Concord Press and one of the widows of Aare M.K.O.Abiola the presumed winner of the controversial June 12,1993 Presidential Elections and her step son,Kola Abiola were absent at this years event for reasons still unclear to Paedia Express Multimedia’s News Desk in Lagos,Nigeria as at press time.