Editors to honour late Remi Oyo tomorrow

Nigerian editors will file out tomorrow to honour their former president, Dame Oluremi Oyo, who passed away on October 1, 2014, aged 62.

Tagged ‘Media Afternoon of Songs and Tribute in Honour of Remi Oyo,’ the event comes up at the Media Centre of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Iganmu, Lagos, starting at 4p.m, and closing at 6 p.m.

Organized by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Diamond Award for Media Excellence, DAME, and NAN, the special programme will afford editors the opportunity to go down the memory lane about the woman who led them for two terms (four years), and brought dignity and respectability to the NGE.

The afternoon will be characterized by hymns, Bible reading, prayer for the Oyo family, exhortation, testimonies, and others.

“It’s a solemn opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the woman who served the NGE, journalism, and indeed, Nigeria well,” says Femi Adesina, president, Nigerian Guild of Editors.

“Let the tribesmen and women of Dame Oluremi Oyo (editors) turn out in their numbers to honour the deceased, and comfort her family,” Adesina added.