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Dr. Cletus Akwaya, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, DAILY ASSET
As part of activities marking the Fifth Anniversary of DAILY ASSET Newspaper, the Management of the Abuja-based daily has introduced a new Masthead to enhance the paper’s aesthetics towards further market penetration.
DAILY ASSET hit the newsstands on June 12, 2017 and celebrated its Fifth Anniversary on June 23 with a Roundtable on “The Media, National Economy Politics and 2023 Elections,” a colourful ceremony that drew out professionals and decision-makers in the nation’s private and public sectors.
Its Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Dr Cletus Akwaya explained in a statement in Abuja at the weekened that the new Masthead reflected the clarity, courage and tenacity with which the Newspaper will proceed in the next phase of its journey in the treatment of news and every other editorial materials.
“We hope to make the Newspaper unmistakable in both physical appearance and editorial content. We shall do this by producing everyday, a beautiful copy with content, based on facts and in constant defence of the treasured truth in line with our Motto “ Truth is Treasure,” the statement said.
The Publisher also stated that henceforth, the company’s branded items, will bear the new logo as a symbol of identity, pride and encouragement to the staff.
“It shows growth, progress and gives the stakeholders a sense of accomplishment in the journey we have embarked upon,” Akwaya, a former Commissioner of Information in Benue State and former, Group Managing Director of Leadership Newspapers Group explained in the statement.
Meanwhile, the Newspaper company has announced the appointment of three new senior personnel as part of strategies to reposition the Newspaper in the pursuit of its new corporate goals.
The new appointees include David Shodeinde, General Manager Marketing; Josephine Iorzua Assistant Manager, Advert and Eze, Special Coverage Editor.
David Shodeinde-General Manager Marketing:
David Shodeinde is a prolific advertising practitioner and marketer. He holds a BSc and MBA from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and currently studying for an MSc, Business Administration at Bingham University, Karu, Abuja. He is a goal-getter, target-driven and excellent service delivery manager. A strong negotiator and client/management relationship builder.
He horned his advertising skill in Daily Trust Newspaper, where he rose to the position of Head of Advert, creating advertising solutions to diverse clients.
He also had a stint with Daily Times and some multimedia organization in Lagos.
Shodeinde is innovative and entrepreneurial biased and has proven capacity to work with little or no supervision to accomplish difficult schedules.
While at Daily Trust, Shodeinde was responsible for creating new businesses and a need – solving advertorial for clients(value adding services). He is a multi-talented team player and leader with competencies in analysis of competitive environments as basis for technical inputs and guidance for the company review of how to react to competitive price adjustment and other variables. He also has deep understanding of developing knowledge pieces, indicators and market statistics for corporate decision making.
He is happily married with four children.
Josephine Iorzua, Assistant Advert Manager
Josephine Iorzua graduated in Banking and Finance from the Kano State Polytechnic. A vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic professional, she has demonstrable ability to work in a competitive environment with little or no supervision. She had career spanning over eight years across operational banking, marketing (sales) and NGO. She also worked as Advert Executive with Businessday Newspaper. She joined DAILY ASSET to fulfil part of dream of working to create wealth and empowering people.
Eze Okechukwu Godson, Sports Editor
Godson Eze is a 1997 Mass Communication graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. Born on March 10,1975, he hails from Alor Agu, Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Eze served as National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) Member at Federal Government Girls College, Monguno,Borno State in 1998 and had worked with Daily Trust Newspaper, Abuja, Daily Star Newspaper, Enugu and Sports Souvenir, Lagos as well as a brief stint as a Research Assistant at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
His Sports Journalism career took him to many international sporting events including the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, FIFA Gala Award at the Zurich Kongress Haus, Zurich, Switzerland, All Africa Games in Abuja among others. He has had special appearances at both Galaxy Television, Ikeja & LTV 8,Ikeja Lagos as a Sports Analyst.
He joins DAILY ASSET with eyes on a career turn around to venture into other aspects of Journalism other than sports. (DAILY ASSET)
