NAPOC Holds Annual Lecture Series On Wednesday, June 11.
The National Association of Political Correspondents 1990s (NAPOC) will on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, hold its inaugural Annual Lecture Series.
The epoch event which will take place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja beginning from 10AM, was conceived to serve as a strategic platform for the exchange of productive ideas on how to advance the nation’s political culture and entrench good governance in the polity
With the theme “The Legacy of Option A-4 and June 12 Election” the inaugural NAPOC Lectures Series would focus on the legacy of Option A-4, and the modified open ballot system that was successfully deployed in the conduct of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, globally adjudged as the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria.
A statement by Deba Uwadiae, Chairman, Coordinating Committee of NAPOC, stated that the former Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, is expected to chair the inaugural lecture while Dr. Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development is the Special Guest of Honor.
The Guest Speakers include Prof. Tonnie Iredia, Chancellor, Tonnie Iredia University and former Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and former Director, Public Affairs, National Electoral Commission (NEC) and Prof. Jideofor Adibe of Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
The statement further said that Discussants at the lecture include HE Labaran Maku, former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State and ex-Minister of Information, Prof. Abiodun Adeniyi, Registrar, Baze University, Abuja and Dr. Emeka Nwosu, Consultant, ECOWAS Parliament, Abuja and Chairman, NAPOC Board of Trustees.
The National Association of Political Correspondents (NAPOC) was formed in 1988 by political journalists assigned to cover activities at the national headquarters of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), Onikan, Lagos at the dawn of the political transition programme of military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.
Its mission was the promotion of political journalism in Nigeria through accurate reportage of political activities, the enhancement and upholding of high ethical standards and efficiency by members.
