NAPA, Reporters Beyond Borders Appoint US-based Nigerian Journalist Vice-President, Publicity Secretary Unanimously*How media offers were made in Extra-Ordinary Meetings in Texas*Aim: ‘To Expose Corruption, Misgovernance, ill-treatment of Nigerians anywhere in the world & Defending the Rights of Nigerian Press under any guise’* “As a Member of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, it is my pledge to ensuring I am constantly guided by Ethics of Journalism, abiding by the aims of NAPA/’Reporters Beyond Borders’ in ensuring Nigeria is positively is re-branded Overseas; issues affecting Nigerian masses are on front burner, while every rights of Nigerian journalists are fully protected”-Recipient, Otumu, multiple-award wining journalist, CNN iReporter USA*Otumu’s Professional Media Membership: American Society of News Editors(ASNE), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), West African Press Association (WAPA), Nigerian-South African Press Association (NSAPA), African-European Editors Forum (AEPF), Commonwealth Press Association(CPA), Foreign Press Association (FPA), World Editors Forum, African Media Evaluation on Good Governance

NAPA, Reporters Beyond Borders Appoint US-based Nigerian Journalist  Vice-President, Publicity Secretary Unanimously
*How media offers were made in Extra-Ordinary Meetings in Texas
*Aim: 'To Expose Corruption, Misgovernance, ill-treatment of Nigerians anywhere in the world & Defending the Rights of Nigerian Press under any guise'
* “As a Member of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, it is my pledge to ensuring I am constantly guided by Ethics of Journalism, abiding by the aims of NAPA/'Reporters Beyond Borders' in ensuring Nigeria is positively is re-branded Overseas; issues affecting Nigerian masses are on front burner, while every rights of Nigerian journalists are fully protected”-Recipient, Otumu, multiple-award wining journalist, CNN iReporter USA  
*Otumu's Professional Media Membership:  American Society of News Editors(ASNE), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), West African Press Association (WAPA), Nigerian-South African Press Association (NSAPA), African-European Editors Forum (AEPF), Commonwealth Press Association(CPA), Foreign Press Association (FPA), World Editors Forum, African Media Evaluation on Good Governance among others


BY CLARA OKECHUKWU/REPORTER,  TEXAS
IN what appears to be a huge milestone and masterstroke and honor for the Nigerian press in far away United States, Nigerian-American Press Association, NAPA, a mainstream media convergence of Nigerian and American journalists newly appointed some media practitioners to run its editorial/administrative affairs in the next four years. In a similar way, Reporters Beyond Borders, a United States based media-pressure group rose from its Extra-Ordinary Meeting yesterday by appointing same Nigerian journalist to showcase his wealth of investigative reportage experience in its affairs.  

In NAPA, Steven Franklin, President said “It is high time governance in Nigeria-mostly the  manner the Nigerian people are governed is brought under global media. We are looking at a country that will take her rightful place in leadership in African continent in a most-transparent leadership where the Nigerian freedom of expression, association and movement are well protected. For this reason, having taken out time to study the editorial career of George Elijah Otumu, a well-traveled journalist, an author of 'Nigeria 2015 Elections' famous Amazon book written in English, Spanish, French, Arabic; and being an investigative reporter with Cables News Network (CNN iReport), our Board of Directors thereby appoint him Vice-President, NAPA in an extra-ordinary meeting in Austin, Texas in the next four years. He is to join other executives of NAPA in keeping to our mission statement.”
 Otumu, a serial award-wining Nigerian journalist, an author, a CNN iReporter for North America and Editor-In-Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA was so elated to have received this honor and was full of words of appreciation to NAPA. 
Among the appointees for Reporters Beyond Borders, which held its monthly meetings in Arlington, Texas yesterday was Otumu, regarded by this US media-pressure group as a passionate, investigative journalist whose belief is ensuring every Nigerians are allowed access to basic amenities of life, rights of expression, movement and association, having practiced journalism successfully in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Europe and United States of America. In his response, Otumu was full of praises to this group.
His words of appreciation: “As a Member of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, it is my pledge to ensuring I am constantly guided by Ethics of Journalism, abiding by the aims of NAPA/'Reporters Beyond Borders' in ensuring Nigeria is positively is re-branded Overseas; issues affecting Nigerian masses are on front burner, while every rights of Nigerian journalists are fully protected”.
For the records, he is a member of several professional media bodies across the world: American Society of News Editors, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), West African Press Association (WAPA), Nigerian-South African Press Association (NSAPA), African-European Editors Forum (AEPF), Commonwealth Press Association(CPA), Foreign Press Association (FPA), World Editors Forum, African Media Evaluation on Good Governance among others.