NCB Inaugurates New Executives

It was a blissful and red-lettered day as Nasels Communication Bureau (NCB) of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife inaugurated a new set of executives appointed to look into the administration of the Bureau for the next session. This was done on the 25th of June, 2023 alongside the end of 2021/2022 session hangout held at Biological Garden by 4:00 pm.

Mr. Ayodele Majaro, a final year student of the Department of English and Literary Studies, who led the outgoing administration as the Editor-in-Chief expressed his profound gratitude to God for all the success attained in the past years he emerged the office. Although, it wasn’t easy. He further showed his appreciation to other executive members of his tenure; his fellow graduates, and other NCBites for their cooperation and diligence in running a successful tenure and placing the Bureau on a solid ground for the undergraduate members to build on.

While expressing his gratitude, he said, “It is worthy of mention to commend the efforts of the following scholars and veterans, who had served the Nasels Communication Bureau: Adewumi Deborah, my Deputy Editor-In-Chief; Adebisi Adeniyi, the Managing Editor; Adeyanju Victor, the Production Manager and Adeyemi Nafisat, the Asst Production Manager and others.”

After dissolving the outgoing executives, Mr Ayodele made the new executives known to the house following their inauguration into different offices. Below is the list of the new executives:

Editor-in-Chief – Olayinka Ifeoluwa
Deputy Editor-in-Chief – Mercy Ojegbola
Managing Editor – Adenike Yusuf
Assistant Managing Editor – Aremu Eyimofe
Production Manager/ICT Editor – Akinbami Adetomiwa
Asst Production Manager – Moyinoluwa Oguntola
Senior Editor – Deborah Adewumi
News Editor – Abigael Akinola
Variety Editor – Agaba Moses
Senior Proof Reader – Barakat Oyewole
Asst Proof Reader/Assistant Production Manager 2 – Matthew Oladunjoye
Assistant News Editor 1- Olaoye Peace
Variety Editor 2 – Comfort Oladapo

On concluding his speech, he urged and challenged the newly inaugurated executives to work together diligently and effectively to move the Bureau from its current good state to better.

After Mr Ayodele’s speech, the new Editor-in-Chief, Miss Ifeoluwa Olayinka, with excitement, gave kudos to all the finalists and the outgoing executives for their great contributions to the development of journalism on campus. She also congratulated his fellow executives and wished for a successful administration.

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