President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a national honour be conferred on former President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Malam Baba Halilu Dantiye, mni.
Baba Halilu Dantiye, mni is the former president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE).
With more than four decades in the media industry, Dantiye has practiced journalism in several beats including as a crime and judiciary correspondent.
He rose to become editor of Kano-based Triumph Newspapers.
Now a full-time media consultant, Dantiye served the NGE in different capacities.
He was elected General Secretary in 2001 and later served two terms as President, from 2003 to 2008. It was during his tenure that the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, ANEC, was first held. The forum was later included in the Guild’s Constitution as a mandatory annual event.
Malam Baba Dantiye represented the media at the National Political Conference, organised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He also served on the National Steering Committee of Vision 2020-20.
This astute media personality served as spokesman to two governors in Kano State with distinction; first as Director of Press to former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and later as Director-General-Media, to the current Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.
He was later appointed as Permanent Secretary, before his retirement from the state’s civil service.
A letter dated 19th September,2022 and signed by Senator George Akume, Minister for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, said the president Buhari has approved the conferment of the national honour , Member of the Order of the Niger, on the versatile journalist.
The letter reads:’’ I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on you, in the rank of MON, (Member of the Order of the Niger).’’
According to the letter, the investiture ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, 11th October, 2022.
