The Delta State Council of the Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria, ACNPN, have critically looked into the report of the 5-Man Committee set up to review the Seminar organized for Community Newspaper Publishers by the SSA to the Governor on Community Newspapers, Mr. Prince Orhomonokpaye.
We appreciate the good intentions of His Excellency, Rt.Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Executive Governor of Delta State,for approving and releasing funds for the seminar, prince Oromonokpaye’s claim that the seminar was approved for community newspaper publishers and other government appointees
was at variance with the practice in previous administrations where such capacity building programmes were specifically organised for community newspaper publishers in the state.
All efforts made by the association to make Prince Oronmakpaye to do the needful met a brick wall, as prince Joseph Oronmakpaye, rained insults on members.
Most of the ACNPN members who participated in the seminar were not given any hotel accomodation while the training programme fell short of expectation.
It is on record that Prince Oronmakpaye has continued to hand pick non members of the ACNPN to pay courtesy visits to MDAs with impunity.
From all indications, Prince Oronmakpaye is not a good representative of the Community Newspaper Publishers based on the following:
- The height of the excesses of Mr Prince Orhomonokpaye is his unbearable attitude of reigning curses and abuses on Publishers through text messages on daily basis, making it look like the Governor appointed him to torment Publishers instead of representing them well.
- That the good intentions of the State Governor, His Excellency, Rt Hon. Elder Sheriff Oborevwori in appointing an ACNPN member as SSA on Community Newspapers Publishers in state, has been undermined and grossly abused MR. PRINCE ORHOMONOKPAYE.
- That the attitude and general behaviour of Mr Prince Orhomonokpaye since his appointment till date has left much to be desired in terms of relationship and synergy between his office and publishers in the state.
- It is obvious that Mr. Prince Oronmakpaye’s only mission as SSA on Community Newspapers is to destroy the Association by breeding disunity among members with the aim of annexing the body for possible control to make publishers his foot stool.
- The recent seminar purportedly organized for publishers in the state was the last straw that broke the carmel’s back as Mr. Prince Orhomonokpaye diverted the event meant by the State Governor to better equip publishers in the state in the cause of carrying out their sacred duty of publicing activities of the government to a jamboree for his friends and well-wishers who have no business with news publishing, leaving publishers in sad and regrettable state of mind for attending the event.
- In the light of the above, we have no reservations whatsoever in PASSING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON MR. PRINCE ORHOMONOKPAYE as he lacks the minimum prerequisites to represent even the most timid set of people in the society, talk much of distinguished Media Executives in the reverred Business of News Publishing.
Finally, we wish to note that while it remains the sole prerogative of His Excellency, The Governor to appoint whoever he wishes into any position in his administration, we humbly appeal to the Governor to redeploy MR. PRINCE ORHOMONOKPAYE from the Portfolio of Community Newspapers as we shall be better off not having a specifically-Assigned Portfolio Holder than have an Irrational, uncivilized, myopic, selfish, abusive and Unprofessional person like MR. PRINCE ORHOMONOKPAYE representing our constituency. ACNPN hereby declare Mr. Prince Orhomonokpaye persona non grata on all the activities of Community Newspaper Publishers across the state.
Signed
Comrade Alaska Ekele
State Secretary
Comrade Ike Philip Abiagom
State Chairman
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