On the day her former boss and mentor in sportscasting, Fabio Lanipekun clocked the landmark of 80, lady in the tube, Modele Sarafa-Yusuf has declared her intention to run for the gubernatorial ticket in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, reports sportsvillagesquare.com.
The 1996 award winner at the Nigeria Media Merit Award who was appointed as Special Adviser on Information to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, made her declaration via a Facebook post saying inter alia: “Today, I threw my hat into the ring and formally declared my intention to run for the office of Governor of Ogun State on the platform of our great party, the All Progressives Congress.
“I made the declaration at a small gathering of market women and men in the Adire/Kampala market, Asero, Abeokuta.”
In 16 years of journalism with the NTA Modele was not only a sports broadcaster, she was also a columnist for magazines, a guest writer for newspapers, a script writer for television shows and a producer of documentaries and programmes for radio and television: in fields as diverse as business, culinary, current affairs, crime, and education.
She was Marketing Communications/Sponsorship Manager with Globacom at the inception of the company in 2003.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net