Channels Television’s National Assembly correspondent; Lanre Lasisi has been selected along with two other Nigeria journalists in the maiden edition of the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) exchange program between Nigerian and United States.
The three Nigerian journalists, selected to participate in the exchange program between Nigerian and United States Journalists are Lasisi Olanrewaju of Channels Television, Kabir Alabi Garba of Guardian newspapers and Hamza Idris of Daily Trust newspapers.
The three journalists have arrived in the US for the exercise with seven other African journalists from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.
Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, Mr. Lanre Arogundade said in a statement on Thursday, stated that the exchange program commenced with a three-day professional Fellows Congress in Washington DC from April 8 to 10 with the three Nigerian journalists as participants.
According to Mr. Arogundade, the 10 African journalists will spend a total of four weeks ‘working’ with media organizations in the United States during which they will share practical experience with their American colleagues.
Mr. Arogundade said prior to their departure last week, the Public Affairs Section of the US Consulate in Lagos held a debriefing session with the representative of the three Nigerian Fellows, Mr. Kabir Garba.
Present at the debriefing were the Public Affairs Officer, Mrs. Dehab Ghebreab; the Cultural Affairs Specialist, Ms. Bene Uche and the Information Specialist, Mrs. Joke Omotunde.
“The Public Affairs Officer and her colleagues told Mr. Garba and his colleagues to see themselves as Nigerian ambassadors during the program and to that extent conduct themselves with the highest social and professional standards”, Mr. Arogundade said.
There will be regular updates on the activities of the Nigerian fellows on the IPC website – www.ipcng.org – as well as that of the ICFJ -www.icfj.org.
