Popoola, Udo-Obong, Ogunkoya to Speak at Editors’ Forum
HS Media Group, a global sports television conglomerate, is organising an Editors’ Forum on Friday, July 22 at its corporate headquarters in Oregun, Lagos where top sports experts at to speak on the state of Nigeria’s ports.
Special Guests speakers expected at the forum include; Secretary General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Tunde Poopola; Olympic gold medallist in 4 x 4 Relay, Enefiok Udo-Obong and Olympic silver medallist in Women’s 400m, Falilat Ogunkoya .
The event which will be wholly sponsored by HS Media Group, the emerging media hub in the coast of West Africa, will be a congregation of carefully selected crack team of seasoned Sports Journalists, players in the industry and administrators.
Also expected at the gathering are Managing Director Complete Communications, MuminiAlao; GM Special Publication (The Sun Newspapers), Kunle Solaja; Editor, The Nation’s Sporting Life Newspapers, Ade Ojeikere; Chairman, Guild of Sports Editors/Group Sports Editor Vanguard Newspapers, Tony Ubani, and a host of others.
According to Chairman/CEO HS Media Group, Mr. Taye Ige, the objective of the forum is to among other things provide a platform for sports experts and sports journalists to highlight the present challenges facing Nigerian sports.
“The objective of the Forum, among other things, will be to provide a veritable platform for these men of sports experts and pen profession to depict an accurate status of sports in Nigeria, highlight the present challenges of our Olympic Contingent preparations, and identify practical and specific steps to achieving podium performances for Nigerian athletes at future Olympics with a view to encouraging more commitment and support for TEAM NIGERIA by both Public and Private Sectors,” Ige noted.
