Foremost travel, tourism writers’ body, the Association of Nigerian Journalists and Writers of Tourism (ANJET) has elected a new Executive Committee to pilot affairs of the group for the next two years.

Faces of the new ANJET exco.. (from left) Mrs Olayemi, Mr Ayuk, Mr Nze, Mrs Okafor and Mrs Ezike at their election in Abuja, Thursday
The new executive committee members of ANJET, a body affiliated to the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), was elected during its general meeting which held at the Rose Ultimate Hotel, Abuja, Thursday, June 15, witnessed by a gathering of the group’s teeming members.
The new committee replaces the immediate past body headed by Mr Franklyn Ihejirika.
In a keenly contested election held in Abuja, Mr. Victor Nze of the Oracle Today Newspaper emerged as the new president of the association, after a round of voting by members in attendance.
Mr. Nze, an experienced journalist, was a former Deputy Editor at Champion Newspapers who has over 17 years of experience in the tourism industry.
Other executive members elected into the new committee include; Mr. Samson Ayuk as the Vice President; Mrs. Taiye Olayemi of the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), secretary; Mrs. Ekene Okafor of the Voice of Nigeria (VON)-Treasurer, while Mrs. Chioma Ezike of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) -Public Relations Officer (PRO).
In his acceptance speech, Nze promised to reposition the association, while continuing to engage industry practitioners and regulators alike, in a quest to raise the association to a higher pedestal.