By Lucky Isibor
The publisher of Esan Magazine and The Correspondent Newspapers, Comrade Peter Odia Iwelomen today added another year to his years.
A trail blazer who pioneered community newspapers publishing in the defunct Bendel State. Iwelomen started the publishing of Esan Magazine to give voice to Esan people and mobilise them for the development of Esanland.
Over the years he has used Esan Magazine editorials to highlight the challenges confronting Esan people and Esanland. He has also created contents in the Magazine that challenge Esan people both at home and in the Diaspora on the need to develop Esanland, assist one another to develop and attain their full potentials.
Since its establishment, Iwelomen has deployed Esan Magazine as an instrument for encouraging community members to take active role in local development initiatives, using the editorials, opinion pages and reportage in highlighting key issues, sharing success stories and providing a platform for discussion.
He has also mobilised Esan people to using Esan Magazine as a co-created platform for playing crucial roles in promoting political awareness and participation among Esan people, both at home and in the Diaspora, by deploying that platform for political discourse, highlighting key policy issues and profiling community leaders and holding Esan political office holders accountable to the people, thus assisting to attract development to Esan communities.
In his realisation that Esanland cannot be developed in exclusion of its neighbours, Iwelomen again established The Correspondent Newspapers to enable him contribute to the development of Edo State using the media.
As he celebrates his birthday today, it is a thing of joy that Iwelomen has contributed to the development of Esanland and Edo State.
This year’s celebration is significant because the election of an Edo Governor of Esan extraction which Esan Magazine has been championing over the years is now a reality.
Though, the political class may not celebrate you, the masses which yours sincerely belong, acknowledge your contribution to the development of Esanland and the overall well-being of our society and celebrate you most profoundly.
I join in celebrating you on this auspicious occasion of your birthday anniversary.
Congratulations to you. May God imbue you with good health of body and mind, and many more years ahead to continue your contributions to the upliftment of mankind.
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