President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the election of Professor Ralph A. Akinyele of the University of Lagos into the World Journalism Education Council in Paris, France, last week, has once again hoists Nigeria’s flag proudly in the international arena,
Buhari therefore urged Prof Akinfeleye the first African to achieve such feat, to serve diligently in the three-year term, in which he would represent not only Nigeria, but the entire African continent.
He said the Federal Government will always appreciate those who bring honour to the country, particularly in the areas of scholarship and other lofty endeavours.
He said that it is in that light that he sees the recent election of Akinfeleye, a foremost Mass Communication teacher, into the World Journalism Education Council in which more than 600 participants from 70 countries participated in the World Journalism Education Congress.
