PRESS STATEMENT: Edo Journalists Invited to Raymond Dokpesi Endurance Trek, Oct 24
In Benin City, the trek will commence from the NUJ Press Centre, GRA,
- Admin.
The Raymond Dokpesi Centre for Media Development has invited journalists and other media practitioners in Edo State to participate in the 2026 Raymond Dokpesi Endurance Trek scheduled for Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Benin City and Lagos State.
In Benin City, the trek will commence from the NUJ Press Centre, GRA, proceed to Ring Road and extend to other major streets in the city and finally to the NUJ Press Centre.
The trek, themed “Raymond Dokpesi: The Colossus and Pathfinder of Broadcasting in Nigeria,” is organised to honour the legacy of the late High Chief Raymond Aleogho Anthony Dokpesi, OFR, dokpesiand dokpesiand sustain the campaign for the Federal Government to declare October 25 as a day of private broadcasting in Nigeria in recognition of his immense contributions to the industry.
The Centre urged Edo journalists to participate in the trek and lend their voices to the call for the immortalisation of the broadcasting icon.
Signed:
Andy Egbon
Secretary, NUJ, Edo State Council