NCDMB’s Ezeobi to deliver the Jackson Lecture at UNN
Sopuruchi Onwuka
The Mass Communication Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State has invited Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, Manager Media and Publicity at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to serve as the guest speaker at its 14th Jackson Annual Lecture.
Ezeobi, an alumnus of the institution is billed to speak on “Local Content, National Development and Strategic Communications Imperative”, at the event scheduled for February 20, 2025, at Princess Alexandra Auditorium, UNN.
In a letter conveying the invitation, the Head, Mass Communication Department, UNN, Prof Michael Ukonu indicated that the Jackson Annual Lecture is a yearly academic festivity, which brings together media scholars, practitioners, policy makers, students and the general public to keep abreast with the ever-evolving field of communication studies.
He highlighted the guest lecturer’s expertise on the theme of the subject matter, and conveyed expectations that the lecture would feature effective strategies on the promotion of sustainable development, as well as provide insight and perspectives on effective local content implementation.
The guest lecturer’scareer has spanned over two decades in the oil and gas industry, media and the advertising sector, and he holds a doctorate degree in Energy Communications, from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Jackson Annual Lecture is named after John Payne Jackson,an American-Liberian journalist, who founded and edited, Lagos Weekly Recordin 1891,one of the earliest influential newspapers in pre-independent Nigeria.
Established in 1961,UNN’s Department Mass Communication was originally known as Jackson College of Journalism andwas the first institution to offer courses in journalism in sub-Saharan Africa.
