Graduates of Mass Communication below the aegis of the College of Lagos Mass Communication Alumni Affiliation, are internet hosting an Worldwide Communications Pageant to harness methods to enhance the communication career within the nation.
The three-day pageant, being organised along side the administration of the establishment, will probably be held from April 16-18, 2024.
This was disclosed in an announcement made out there to PUNCH On-line on Thursday.
The occasion may even have fun the take-off of the division as a college after the unbundling of Mass Communication by the Federal Authorities.
In September 2023, the Nationwide Universities Fee unveiled a newly restructured curriculum for Nigerian universities.
The appearing Govt Secretary of the fee, Dr. Chris Maiyaki, throughout a gathering with stakeholders, reiterated that the implementation of the brand new curriculum will start in September 2023.
Maiyaki said that the brand new curriculum CCMAS would make up 70 per cent of the curriculum whereas the college decides what to incorporate within the remaining 30 per cent
The President, UMCAA, Mr. Wale Williams, said that members of the affiliation purpose to make use of the pageant “to mingle, share ideas, have fun, deliver our expertise to bear and most significantly, see how greatest we will proceed to assist our division which is about to be upgraded.
“We’re decided to affix the college in serving to our new college take off with the best variety of sources that they’ll get.”
As contained within the assertion, the pageant will witness the second version of the UMCAA Entrepreneurship Competitors the place three profitable groups and their corporations will probably be assisted with funds for enterprise startups, together with three-day exhibitions for merchandise on the division.
The assertion learn, “Moreover, days one and two will characteristic two City meets Robe colloquia per day with the very profitable producer Remi Ogunpitan of IBST and Hollywood filmmaker Ose Oyamendan taking the primary day.
“Day two may have a veteran and former Managing Director of Unbiased Newspapers, Mr Ted Iwere, discuss enterprise on the second day and Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, the Director-Common of the Nationwide Orientation Company will communicate on New Media and Nationwide Orientation.”
The third day will host the sixth version of the affiliation’s Distinguished Lecture Collection by the Writer, The Cable On-line, Mr. Simon Kolawole, who will communicate on the subject, ‘The Dilemma between Journalism & Activism.’
“Invites are being despatched to all communication establishments in Nigeria to affix nearly to take part within the lectures.
“College students on the division will probably be supplied velocity mentoring whereby skilled members of the affiliation will mentor them in several cubicles on the primary two days. The occasion hopes to reawaken the necessity to develop the proper communication channels for the expansion of the nation,” the UMCAA President famous.
