Renowned Professor of Mass Communication, Dr. Ralph Akinfeleye, will alongside professors Eserinune McCarty Mojaye, Abiodun Adeniyi, Joseph Babatunde Ayodele, and others, lead the nascent Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (MACRON), committed to the growth and development of communication research, scholarship and development in Nigeria and beyond.
The group said in a statement announcing the constitution of its first Governing Council and first Executive Council that the 280-member group made up of scholars and practitioners has members spread across 100 institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, with ten in foreign institutions and twelve in local/international organizations.
AMCRON President, Professor Eserinune McCarty MOJAYE of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) said the group is out to develop and improve members’ research and theory-building capabilities while networking with others of like minds for knowledge and nation-building purposes.
Mojaye thanked members for their interests and enthusiasm, urging them to give the Council and the Exco their maximum support and cooperation to move the Association to safer, and mutually beneficial higher grounds to advance knowledge in media and communication studies.
He emphasized the group’s commitment to “drive development in media and communication just like the energy generated by the electromagnetic wave,” aside from the “intellectual search for new frontiers in the media and communication field”.
According to him, with the overarching philosophy captured in the group’s logo, the association’s aim of magnifying the potentials inherent in Nigerian scholars to advance knowledge in media and communication is in evidence. The intellectual voice of the Association that would radiate across the board in media and communication would also be obvious.
With the motto “for Scholarship, Growth and Development”, Mojaye said Prof. Akinfeleye will chair the AMCRON Governing Council, while Joseph Babatunde Ayodele will serve as secretary.
Other members of the Council are Vice Chairman, Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu, Bayero University, Kano; Prof. Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City; Prof. Akeem Mojisola Adeyanju, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos; Prof. Aniefiok Jackson Udoudo, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, and Dr. Onyebadi Uche, Assoc. Prof., Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
The day-to-day administration of the group will be handled by the National Executive Council, where Mojaye is President, and Abiodun Adeniyi of Baze University will serve as General Secretary. Other members are Vice-President, Prof. Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City; Assistant Secretary-General Muhammad Aliyu, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria; Financial Secretary, Dr. Allwell Okechukwu Nwankwo, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation, Lagos; and Publicity/Networking Secretary, Dr. Oludare Ebenezer Ogunyombo, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos.
