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Ponle made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja at a ceremony to immortalise the agency’s late Managing Director, Malam Wada Maida.

In a condolence message, Niboro noted that the present corporate headquarters of the agency was built by the late Maida and it is only fit and proper for the President to direct its renaming after him

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the News Agency of Nigeria and a member of the executive board of the International Press Institute died on Monday in Abuja at 70.

“His death came to me as a shattering piece of news on Monday night. I will miss him. NAN will miss him sorely. He is another great loss to our profession,” Onanuga said in a tribute.

Malam Lawal Sale Maida, a member of his family, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, said he died in Abuja on Monday.

At the maiden meeting of the board held on Wednesday in Abuja, Maida said adequate funding and infrastructure were important at this critical time to enable the Agency to sustain its leading position as the best news agency in Africa.