SWAN disowns Guild of Sports Editors

Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has come out to denounce the existence of a group identified as the Guild of Sports Editors which had been making statements since the crisis facing the Glass House broke out.

According to a statement signed by Andrew Abah, the Secretary General of National SWAN, “for the second time in recent weeks, an illegal group is bent on existing in the name of ‘ Guild of Sports Editors’.

This is inspite of SWAN’s earlier statement disowning the group. SWAN still maintains its stance that the group is illegal until it embraces due process in its formation.”

The statement added, “The group consisting of only a few Lagos-based Sports Editors does not have the requisite tenets to be afloat moreover, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has never at any point in time notified SWAN of the existence of such a body. As Editors, they should apply to be inducted as members of the one and only Guild of Editors where they ought to belong.

The National secretariat of SWAN is therefore urging hose behind the sectionalist and parochially motivated ‘Guild of Sports Editors’ to desist from doing so and rather embrace the process in actualising their dreams as such will no longer be tolerated by the only recognised sports writing body SWAN.