By Charles Kumolu
CELEBRATED media icon, Mr. Peter Enahoro turns 80 tomorrow with a legacy undiminished and unfaded even as the profession where he made his mark in Nigeria and abroad faces revolutionary changes in its processes.
Remarkably, a group of friends led by Mr. Ben Asante is planning events to mark the landmark.
However, they do not want to make much noise about the events planned around the celebrations.
Among the activities scheduled are a number of electronic media and print interviews, panel discussions and lectures to take place in a number of universities.
As part of the events, some of his celebrated books including a new edition of his autobiography, ‘Then Spoke the Thunder’ are due to be released in bookshops across the country.
Peter Enahoro
A statement to that effect by Asante, said: ‘’Enahoro who currently lives in London was only 23 years old when he edited the “Sunday Times” and later the “Daily Times” national newspapers. Enahoro a prolific Nigerian journalist wrote under the moniker Peter Pan when he worked for the Sunday and Daily Times. Peter Enahoro had strong and penetrating desire for change and the development of his country in the pre and post-independence days.’’
‘’Peter is a younger brother to the former Federal commissioner for information and frontline pro-democracy activist, Chief Anthony Enahoro who famously tabled the first demand in the motion for an independent Nigeria in 1953.’’
‘’Peter Enahoro, is an author, distinguished journalist and media administrator of repute. Peter started out his journalism career in the Daily Times at the youthful age of about 19 and rose through the ranks to become the paper’s editor before going into self-exile unwilling to live under military rule after the 1966 coup. Peter became the managing director of Daily Times several years later.
Peter Enahoro’s years of journalism has produced years of exciting and interesting pages of news items and feature write-ups.’’
‘’He has also published in 1966 “How to be a Nigerian” – a satire, “You gotta Cry to Laugh” in 1972, “The Complete Nigerian” in 1992 and in 2009 “Then Spoke the Thunder” – an autobiography. Peter is a simple, skillful and quintessential persona both in dialogue and in his writings.
Effective pseudonym
He achieved national reverence with his nerve-cracking writings with his popular household column – the Peter Pan column, from which he permanently became known and associated with as “Peter Pan” – a terse but highly penetrating and effective pseudonym.’’
‘’Not many know that Peter was also a broadcaster in Germany but would hopefully recall that he was the pioneer chairman of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
Respecting his preference, the birthday will be subdued and limited to colloquium lecture and interview items. Though, Peter still lives abroad commuting between Abuja and London, his crisp, sharp and witty and humour remains. He writes and engages anyone who dares put his knowledge of issues to the test.’’
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