Binta Waya

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@genzifyafrica Fantastic
A captivating read I must say. Stuck from beginning to the end.
Good job 👏🏽 👏🏽

[for GenZ, by GenZ. @genzifyafrica]

6. Ikaraoha M. Chinenye — University of Abuja 🇳🇬

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@Jas_Athwal @AtamAcademy @KamRai7 @redbridgelabour @IlfordSouthCLP Please respond to your emails. Respond to your messages on X. Respond to us please.

Why can’t reach you as our MP??.

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@Jas_Athwal Hello Jas Athwal MP.
Residents of your constituency have been unable to reach you.
Series of emails gets sent to you but no acknowledgment or response.

There is no contact number to reach you. No surgery times. All efforts seems impossible.

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@OurFavOnlineDoc Absolutely

[Wole Soyinka Centre @WSoyinkaCentre]

Good night @RotimiSankore.
You were an inspiration.

@Genderstrategy @AdeolaFayehun @africamediafdn
@Dataphyte @prnigeria @daily_nigerian @AD4TVRadio
@Dev_Journalism @Albarkafm @RealAWiM @fisayosoyombo @MRA_Nigeria @safermediang @YEN_Editorials @EdetOjo @IPCng @EiENigeria

[Wole Soyinka Centre @WSoyinkaCentre]

'Rotimi’s works testify to his loyalty, patriotism and charity.'

At @WSoyinkaCentre, we are deeply saddened by the loss of @RotimiSankore, a true force for change in journalism.
Read our full statement 👉 https://t.co/FZFpBuRxAs

@Dev_Journalism @lotufodunrin @NigeriainfoFM

[Wemimo Adewuni Obiwale @wemimospot]

I shared about @RotimiSankore 's life today @NigeriainfoFM as I knew it. My chest hurt badly afterwards.

It's always the finality of death for me. The cease-to- exist, non-existence of a being.

Now, let's live while we live.

[Nigeria Info FM 99.3 @NigeriainfoFM]

Sankore is survived by his daughter, mother, and brother. The family will announce funeral arrangements in due course.
https://t.co/uqIRYdlOM2

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

"He was an expert #DataJournalist, the best at what he does. He could analyse data like no one else I knew using it to understand events but also project trajectories, especially avoidable ones...."

#RotimiSankoreRIP

https://t.co/PaXy4bkVHG

[TheCable @thecableng]

Rotimi Sankore, ace journalist, is dead | TheCable https://t.co/73fJGU5UsX

[Wemimo Adewuni Obiwale @wemimospot]

Mr Rotimi Sankore 💔😢🕊️🕊️

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Confronted with the reality of his mortality, @RotimiSankore chose to meet it with humour & eternal optimism until the very end. In conversation in the last week of his life, he was resolute: “my brother, we can't let the bad guys have it all their way.”

https://t.co/ZaFjT5y5sc

[Bunmi Makinwa @bunmimakinwa]

#Rotimi #Sankore RIP. He was a foremost mind on population, health, development and data strategy. #Cancer has devoured my intellectual companion and friend. @Dev_Journalism

[Africa Centre For Development Journalism @Dev_Journalism]

Rotimi Sankore: was a Development and Policy Expert; Journalist/Journalism Trainer; and Human Rights Advocate.

Rotimi has worked as a Journalist across Africa and internationally, and until recently was Editorial Board Chair of Nigeria Info Radio Group / Part of AIM Media Group with 13 Stations in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Onitsha (Incorporating Nigeria InfoFM, WaZoBia FM, Cool FM & Arewa Radio Stations) – where he also contributed to program development on sister TV station WaZoBia TV. 

He was the ED/Editor in Chief of the Africa Centre for Development Journalism before his death.
Some of his previous journalism, development and rights work includes: founding Editor In Chief of Africa Human & Social Development Information which pioneered use of data and statistics for journalism and policy advocacy during the Millennium Development Goals/MDGs (2000 – 2015); Pioneer Editor in the mid to late 90’s of the Belgium Based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) website for African journalists reporting on Public Accountability, Corruption, Democracy and Rights related issues; IFJ Africa Media and Journalism Development Trainer; Researcher and Publication’s Editor at UK Based Article 19 The Global Centre for Freedom of Expression.

As an Executive Committee member of the NUJ of UK & Irelandand Chair of its Black Members Council he worked for advancement of Journalists from minority communities and as an anti-racism advocate.

Some notable Print Publications he has worked with/contributed to include The News & Tempo Weekly Magazines (Nigeria) in the early 90’s, and Guardian Newspapers (Nigeria); The Guardian UK, Global Index on Censorship, Mail & Guardian South Africa, the Global New African Magazine, The Journalist (UK), and New African Woman Magazine amongst others.
He has also worked as a broadcast Journalist hosting The Public Square a flagship program on Nigeria Info Radio focusing on Democracy, Development, Governance and Policy issues.
Rotimi’s global and Africa wide development advocacy work includes: Consultancy and Project Lead on Partnership Projects with UNFPA, UNAIDS, WHO, Geneva Based Global Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Africa Development Bank and African Union Commission.
He was Secretary of the Africa Health, Human & Social Development Parliamentary Network, a Network of Chairs of Parliamentary Committees of Health, Finance, Gender & Development issues that worked with UN agencies and Regional bodies of ECOWAS (West Africa), EAC (East Africa), SADC (Southern Africa), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission to advance Heads of States & Ministers of Finance Commitments on Development Policy and Investment. He also Coordinated the Africa 15% Plus Campaign on Development & Health Financing – Chaired by South African Democracy & Rights Advocate, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Rotimi is a Feminist / Gender Equality Advocate, with focus on the role of Equality and Women’s Rights in Sustainable Development and Democracy. In the early 90’s during military rule in Nigeria he was a founding member of the Women’s Rights Project (WRP) of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO). And also Founding Board member of one of Nigeria’s leading Women Rights OrganisationsWomen Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC). He worked with Southern Africa Region women groups to develop the SADC Gender Protocol; and with African Women Organisations to advocate for Africa wide ratification of the African Union Protocol for Rights of Women in Africa.
He was also a student leader at the University of Ibadan (where heStudied Communication & Language Arts) during Nigeria’s military dictatorship of the mid 80s to mid 90s and was expelled along with 26 others for students welfare and pro democracy / anti military protests, and only reinstated after lengthy legal representation by a team of Human Rights Lawyers led by OlisaAgbakoba.

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@Dev_Journalism The best boss!, A great man!, Selfless! An encyclopaedia😁
You fought hard ❤️…..May your jovial,kind and loving soul rest in perfect peace💔💔💔

[Africa Centre For Development Journalism @Dev_Journalism]

It is with a deep sense of loss and great grief that we announce the demise of our father, son, and uncle Rotimi Sankore on Friday 12th of April, 2024; after a hard fight with cancer. He was surrounded by loved ones and we cherish every moment we had together.

Rotimi was a kind and gentle soul who touched the lives of everyone he met. A patriotic Nigerian, Rotimi was a man of integrity and honor, who was deeply respected and admired by all who knew him.

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all those who have offered their condolences and support during this difficult time. We are grateful for your kind words and prayers, and for the love and support you have shown us.

We ask that you kindly share your thoughts and pictures of Rotimi Sankore via https://t.co/iwQRwJaV4K

Rotimi's passing is a great loss to our family, and his memory will live on in our hearts forever.

On behalf of the family,

Deji Dosunmu

[Israel Omole @IsraelOmole1]

@ChidiOdinkalu @RotimiSankore Rotimi sankore, very rich in knowledge, great guy.

[Binta Waya @OmoWaya]

@ChidiOdinkalu @RotimiSankore You fought hard @RotimiSankore but still!!!!. The best boss ever!💔💔

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