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A statement signed by NPAN President, Kabiru A. Yusuf disclosed that both Edun and Idris were Executive members of the Association.
A few days earlier, he had been actively involved in the activities of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, precisely at the change of guards ceremony which led to the emergence of a new executive in charge of the association. The communique issued at the end of that NPAN meeting talked about the need for the Nigerian government to take allegations of a second wave of the COVID-19 more seriously, and begin to make arrangements for the procurement, the distribution of vaccines in Nigeria and the inoculation of our over 200 million vulnerable population.
The association in a statement jointly signed by Malam Kabiru Yusuf and Alhaji Mohammed Idris, president and secretary respectively described the late publisher not just a colleague but a friend to all in the industry.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Oro, Kwara, the minister condoled with the family of the deceased and the management of the Punch Newspapers over the death.
The NPO comprises of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors.