Clem Baiye (Chief Executive/Publisher, Verity Communications Limited & Chief
Executive,
Verity
Associates
Limited)
E-mail:
baiyeclem@verityng.com;
baiyeclem@yahoo.com)
Clem Baiye has pursued a successful career in journalism and was a stringer
for The Economist and a correspondent for West Africa in the early 80s. Earlier,
his writing skills won him one of the five zonal prizes for the John F. Kennedy
Memorial Essay contest for Higher School leavers nationwide in 1971. He read
Political Science at Ahmadu Bello University graduating with a Second Class
Upper degree.
In 1981, he undertook his postgraduate studies at Warwick University where
he obtained a Masters of Arts in International Political Economy. He was
Managing Editor of New Nigerian having had successful stints as a Diplomatic
Editor and Associate Editor.
After leaving active journalism in 1984, Baiye was head of Corporate
Communications and Human Resource Management in the then NAL Merchant
Bank. Between 1991 and 2001 he was a foundation director and later
Chairman of Cornerstone Insurance Plc. He also served as a director of Big
Treat Plc and Partnership Investment Limited. He is Chairman of Habitat Trust
Limited, a director of the Capital Consortium Limited and Security Swaps
Limited. He was Chairman, Editorial Board, New Age, and has been a host of
NN24 television’s 360 Degrees Nigeria.
In 2006, he was Director-General of Donald Duke Presidential Campaign
Organisation. He served as Vice-Chairman of the 2011 NN24 Television
Presidential Debate series.
He owns Verity Communications Limited, a media enterprise which publishes a
quarterly journal for MTN. Verity Communications has also published on behalf
of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, the Commonwealth Summit
in December 2003 and the All-Africa Games 2003. Verity Associates, a human
resource outsourcing outfit, manages over 500 staff on behalf of some private
sector organizations.
Clem Baiye is a facilitator, mentor and executive coach. A foundation member
of The Enabling Environment Forum. He is also a member of the Global
Mentoring Programme of the Lausanne Congress. His membership of groups
such as Mckinsey Journal and Forbes.com underlines his commitment to
Knowledge Management. Baiye is involved in faith-based and communitybased programmes to engage and mentor the youth and the underprivileged.