A seasoned technocrat and former Group Managing Director of the New Nigeria Improvement Firm (NDDC), Alhaji Mohammed Hayatudeen, has congratulated Unbiased Newspapers on its twenty fifth anniversary.
Hayatudeen, who oversaw NDDC’s large portfolio of 145 corporations which beneath his watch was the only largest diversified holding firm south of the Sahara, described the milestone as a exceptional testomony to resilience and professionalism in Nigeria’s evolving media panorama.
A press release launched by his media workplace on Sunday quoted Hayatudeen, who was Visitor of Honour on the Silver Jubilee Awards Ceremony in Lagos on Saturday, as saying the newspaper’s survival and development over the previous quarter century represents a triumph that’s excess of a enterprise success.
He noticed that the newspaper has not solely chronicled Nigeria’s historical past however has actively helped shape it by upholding the enduring duty of the press to tell, query and maintain energy accountable with out worry or favour, even in an more and more complicated digital media setting.
Hayatudeen, who made a presentation to the awardees on the occasion, mentioned their contributions have redefined requirements throughout enterprise, public service and social impression.
He emphasised that the honourees, who have been referred to as “recreation changers”, weren’t merely profitable people however catalysts who’ve altered the trajectory of their respective fields by imaginative and prescient, braveness and an unwavering dedication to excellence.
”A recreation changer will not be merely somebody who alters the trajectory of their fields. They break obstacles in order that others might stroll by,” mentioned Hayatudeen, a former Chairman and CEO of FSB Worldwide {Bank}, including that the awardees had been appropriately named as a result of they symbolize a uncommon fusion of imaginative and prescient and braveness.
Linking the celebration to Nigeria’s broader growth aspirations, Hayatudeen outlined three crucial pillars essential for nationwide greatness: the supremacy of robust establishments over robust males, the prioritisation of production over consumption and the constructing of belief as the inspiration of governance and societal progress.
He harassed that robust establishments are important for sustaining progress past personalities, whereas a productive economic system pushed by innovation and human capital growth stays key to long-term prosperity. Equally, he famous that belief, earned by consistency, accountability and equity, is indispensable for practical governance, thriving markets and nationwide cohesion.
Hayatudeen, who’s famend as a profitable turnaround supervisor of private and non-private enterprises, additional underscored the central position of the media in constructing and sustaining this belief, describing journalism because the lifeblood of democracy and an indispensable mechanism for accountability.
He urged Unbiased Newspapers and the broader media group to proceed upholding the very best requirements of independence and integrity, noting that public belief stays their most dear asset.
Hayatudeen mentioned a free and unbiased press is indispensable in a democracy, including: ”A free and Unbiased press serves as society’s early warning system. it shines gentle when there’s darkness, asks questions the place silence can be simpler and speaks reality the place energy might favor comfort.”
He concluded by affirming that Nigeria’s problem will not be a scarcity of potential however the necessity to persistently align its human and institutional assets towards a shared nationwide objective