Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has directed setting up a seven-member committee to interface with the Woro community regarding the humanitarian support that the Governor announced on Thursday.
A statement on Friday, by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, stated that the chairman of the committee is His Royal Highness, Hon. Ahmed Ibn Muhammad, the Kiwozi of Kugiji, who is a former lawmaker from Kaiama Local Government Area.
Other members on the committee are the Vice Chairman of the Local Government Council, Aisha Abubakar Sadiq, and Alhaji Abubakar Mora, Woro Village Head Alhaji Umar Bio Saliu.
The Committee also has representatives of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), as well as a representative of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government who should be a female.
The committee is given four weeks to carry out its assignment, interfacing with the community leaders on rebuilding efforts, areas of need of the survivors, and other outstanding issues.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
