The Minister of Transportation, Honorable Chibuike
Amaechi has been selected to deliver the first Annual Lecture of Nigeria’s
foremost Blog CKN News.
This was announced in a Press Statement pushed out by
the online portal .According to the release personally signed by the
Publisher/Editor In Chief of CKN News Chris Kehinde Nwandu (CKN),the event will
in a class of it’s own.
The organizers said, Hon Amaechi was chosen to deliver
the inaugural lecture based on his vast experience as a Legislator, former Chief
Executive of one of Nigeria’s most viable States, as a former Student/youth leader, an astute
mobilizer, a successful manager of men and resources , a world acclaimed personality
and politician, a rare attribute not found in many Nigerians.
He will be speaking on the topic: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
OF NIGERIA.
According to the organizers, the objectives of the
lecture are:
- To Provide A Platform For Intellectual discuss On Issues Of National Importance
- To Create An Avenue For Cross Fertilization Of Ideas On Topical Issues as it affects blogging and online media practice
- To Act As A forum To Set Agenda On Topical Socio-Economic And Political Issues
- To Create An Avenue For Online Practitioners/Bloggers To Meet And Exchange Notes On How To Improve Their Practice
The CKN News Annual Lecture will hold on Tuesday 13th
June 2017 at Renaissance, Lagos, Ikeja
Hotel, 38/40 Isaac John Street, GRA Ikeja Lagos at 11. am
The event will be attended by Nigerians and foreigners
from all walks of life.
Already arrangement is in top gear to make the event a
success. Chris Kehinde Nwandu who is also the President of Guild Of
Professional Bloggers in Nigeria (GPBN) said this will be the first time any
Nigerian blogger will put up such an interactive intellectual based event.
To him, the act of Blogging as a means of information
dissimilation has gone beyond being mere gossip platforms.
It has over the years revolved into a viable tool for
information management, shaping opinions and spreading news with the speed of lightning.
Act of blogging has become real business with followers
running into millions across the globe. There is the need therefore to
reposition the platforms in tune with best global practice and set ethical
standard and behaviors for it’s practitioners which was the aim of setting up
the Guild Of Professional Bloggers Of Nigeria (GPBN) in the first place he
said.
CKN News was established
in 2009 to give Nigeria’s at home and in diaspora an undiluted first hand
information on happenings within and outside the Nigerian .It’s contents are
90% Nigerian News
It started as an interactive platform on Facebook, twitter, blackberry and later as a fully fledged news portal.
CKN News, over the years, realized that the future of information dissemination will be wholly depended online via social media platforms.
It also realized that social media will become the greatest form of mass mobilization and expression of ideas.
In its over eight years of
existence; the media outfit has won over twenty local and international awards.
The organizers said the names of the Chairman ,Special
Guests Of Honour,Keynote Speaker and Chief Host for the event and other
partners will be unveiled in the next few days.
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