NAN MD's visit to retiree evokes nostalgia

Date: 2021-01-11

Alhaji Abdulraheem Adisa, a retiree of the News Agency of Nigeria, has recalled with nostalgia his stint in the agency.

Adisa spoke in his Ilorin, Kwara State residence when the Managing Director of the agency, Buki Ponle, paid him a surprise visit.

Though now frail but mentally sound, Adisa was elated to receive the Chief Executive Officer and trusted colleague of the news organisation he once served.

The retiree recounted his experience in the agency where pioneer members of staff endeavoured to bring the agency to limelight.

The octogenarian recalled to the admiration of members of staff in the entourage his glorious service to the agency spanning over 32 years.

According to him, the working relationship among members of staff when the agency began operations in 1978 in Lagos was devoid of ethnic and religious sentiments.

Adisa, who applauded the appointment of Ponle, another pioneer member of staff, as the managing director, urged him to restore NAN back to its original structure and glory.

He asserted that there were cases in the past where news makers would insist they needed no other media organisation to cover their events once they had a NAN reporter in attendance.

He said: "I want to urge you to restore this image back. "I believe in your ability to do that.

"Though, we are aware of the financial situation and other challenges, but these are the challenges we must learn to live with.

"You are the second pioneer member of staff that would be appointed MD after Wada Maida.

"I am happy for this because you are a good man.

"If somebody is good, let him know that he is good so that he can continue the good work, and if somebody is bad, let him know so that he can stop the bad work.

"Buki is a good man and one of the pillars in the agency in those years."

The NAN retiree said he was fulfilled working with the agency because he emerged a political figure in Kwara State through his service period.

Ponle, who visited Adisa in company with his Special Assistant, Mufutau Ojo, and some members of staff in the Ilorin office, commended Adisa, whom he said was hardworking during his days in the agency.

He described Adisa as a thoroughbred journalist whose contribution to the progress of the agency in its formative days was well acknowledged.

The managing director, who said that the visit was to raise the hope of retirees, gave an assurance that the agency would never forget them.

The management, he said, would visit other old members of staff that had served the agency meritoriously.

Ponle, who embarked on a tour of NAN offices to boost the morale of workers, promised that the agency would soon experience a turnaround under his watch.

He also promised to prioritise staff welfare in order to promote optimal performance.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Usman Alkali Baba     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Adekunle David Dunmade     Abubakar Baba     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Shola Odetundun     SSA Youth Engagement     Ope Saraki     2017 Budget     Sabitiyu Grillo     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Maryam A. Garuba     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     IYA ALFA NLA     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Ahmed Alhasssan     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Folashade Omoniyi     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Aliyu Adebayo     Yekeen Alabi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Eruku     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Towoju     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     New Nigeria People’s Party     NITDA     Agboola Babatunde     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Olushola Saraki     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Elekoyangan     Gbemisola Saraki     Joseph Bamigboye     Kwarareports.com     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     John Kehinde Salako     Memunat Monsuma     Ndama Al-hassan     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Kabir Shagaya     Ariyo     07039448763     Kwara State Polytechnic     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Umar Danladi Shero     Saliu Tunde Bello     Haleeman Salman     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Bank Of Industry     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Bolakale Saka     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Oyawoye     Akorede     Diagnostic Centre     Ahmad Uthman     Shero     Habeeb Saidu     COEASU     Ibrahim Abiodun     Forgo Battery     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Nnazua     TETFUND     Yusuf Lawal     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Chief Of Staff     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Aliyu Sabi     Ayobami Seriki     2017 Budget     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Christopher Odetunde     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Inside Kwara     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Atiku     Kwara Poly     Galadima     Clara Nwachukwu     Gamji Members Association     Agboola Babatunde     Oba-Solagberu     Anilelerin     Awodun     Bamikole Omishore     KWSUED     Lanre Issa Onilu     Galadiman Ngeri     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ilorin     Opobiyi     Moses Adekanye     Cornelius Adebayo     Abdulraheem Olesin     Bukola Saraki     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ilorin South     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Isapa     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Binta Sulyman     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ekweremadu     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ibrahim Oniye     TESCOM 2025     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Omotoso     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Adesoye     Eleja     Surajudeen Akanbi     Lafiagi     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Women Radio     Kwara NIPR     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     JAAC     Emmanuel Bello     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Olatunji Ibrahim     Kola Adesina     Offa Metropolitan Club     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Twitter     FOMWAN     Dele Belgore     Nurudeen Mohammed     Abdulwahab Oba     Summit University     Umaru Saro     Akeem Olatunji     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Kale Bayero     Toyin Saraki     Medview Airlines