The Publisher, The Guardian, Lady Maiden-IbruIn recognition of their outstanding contribution to the media industry, the founder and publisher of The Guardian, Mr. Alex Ibru, former Lagos State Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Alhaji Babatunde Jose and Chief Olu Aboderin of The Punch have been honoured by the Nigerian Media Merit Award.
In her speech, Mrs. Maiden Alex-Ibru who received the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of her late husband acknowledged the organizers, adding that the award came as a surprise.
She described her husband as a humble non-partisan man who founded The Guardian based on his desire to establish an academic and intellectual, newspaper with strong editorials.
She said he was made Minister under the Sani Abacha administration without lobbying for it and that her husband’s stand on the truth made him had issues with the Abacha regime.
NMMA honours Ibru, Jakande, Jose, others
