Tuesday 30 August 2022

Yinka Oyebode and the Task of Raising Media Standard in Ekiti State


By Oluwasegun Aina 

Hardly will you see someone like him who that will not do something valuable.

Let's call a spade a spade, Mr Yinka Oyebode is a worthy Journalist with a Midas Touch deserving emulation whose brilliant intellectual prowess is second to none. His purposeful leadership style is worthy of emulation.. 

It is undeniable that there has been a Value-addition ever since his emergence in Journalism space of Ekiti State. Having raised  the bar of good Journalism/Mediaand public  Relations; Give it to this incredible man from Ido Ile- Ekiti in Ekiti West local government of the the State. 

Yinka Oyebode's intrinsic character traits, most especially his personal integrity, fairness and firmness, Forthrightness and his sense of honour and unwavering rectitude has made his assignments all the more easier as the information he disseminates to the people in Ekiti State and Nigeria at large is more credible and probable given his positive personal attributes.

He did a dignifying job in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Ekiti State where he worked quietly behind the scene for the victory of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji without making noise or ego burst., His top notch working spirit disposed opposition in a strategic planning and the rise for All Progressives Congress (APC), winning ways breaking successor jinx in the State. 

No doubt about it, Oyebode is a credible man of few words but when he speaks, he resonates with clear wisdom and kindness, humility and clarity and his statements are clad with iron cast vision and purpose geared towards illuminating and dissecting complex and contentious matters of the day.