*Oborevwori Is Special Guest Of Honour As INEC REC Delivers Special Talk
THE Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) of Southern Delta University (SDU), Ozoro, Presly Ogheneruke Obukoadata; renowned journalist and media scholar, Norbert Chiazor; and Gladys Imegwu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), have been selected to lead a panel discussion at this year’s Annual Conference and 6th Lecture Series of the Delta Online Publishers Forum (DOPF).
Governor Sheriff Francis Oborevwori is expected to grace the occasion as the Special Guest of Honour.
The conference holds on Wednesday, October 21, from 11a.m., at David’s Event Centre, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Asaba, Delta State, under the theme, ‘Democracy Under Pressure: Electoral Integrity, Security Challenges, and Media Accountability.’
The Delta State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deliver a brief talk on the theme, bringing his perspective to bear on the challenges confronting democratic processes and the need to strengthen public confidence in elections.
The gathering is expected to bring together media practitioners, communication scholars, security professionals, public officials and other stakeholders to examine the relationship between credible elections, public safety, responsible journalism and democratic accountability in Nigeria.
Obukoadata, an accomplished communication scholar, strategic communication expert and academic administrator, is a professor of Brand, Strategic and Metacommunication, while Chiazor, a former chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, is an Executive Assistant on Media to the Governor and Imegwu is the Officer (OC) in Charge of Legal Matters at the Delta State Police Command.
