One of the oldest State-owned presses in the country – Owena Press Limited publishers of The Hope titles located in Akure, Ondo State capital, now has a new Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief in the person of Mr. Kayode Fasua.
The 53-year-old veteran journalist who was a Special Assistant on Media to former Governor Adebayo Adefarati between 2002 and 2003 coincidentally began his journalism career at The Hope Newspaper as a Reporter in 1996 thereafter working with other newspaper and magazine media organisations such as THISDAY, The Punch, National Mirror, National Life, The Sun and Tell Magazine.
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniran, said the appointment takes immediate effect, urging Mr. Fasua to deploy his vast knowledge and experience towards revamping the media outfit for optimum performance.
With the mission to keep the citizens abreast and exposed to information and opportunities that exist around them, Owena Press LTD with its title: The Hope Newspaper (formerly Owena News) was established in 1989 under the leadership of Navy Captain Olabode George, the then State Governor with the aim of meeting credible grassroot information dissemination need among the community of Ondo State not addressed by newspapers based outside the state.
Today, The Hope Newspaper is now used as a public forum to conduct civilised debate within the law on public affairs and to which the government and the governed have access. Not only that, the publication (produced three times in a week: Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) has become the vehicle to which the outside world discovers both human and natural resources of the State thereby aiding investment opportunities in Ondo State.
