THE COMMUNIQUÉ OF NUJ ANAMBRA STATE COUNCIL HELD AT NUJ SECRETARIAT, AWKA
The meeting started at about 2pm.
The meeting was presided over by the Chairman, NUJ Anambra Sate Council Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, PhD.
In his opening speech, Comrade Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu welcomed members and thanked them for coming despite the fuel price hike and the untold hardship it has created in the country.
Congress urged the political class and others to see journalists as partners in progress rather than as rivals.
The Congress called on the Government to appreciate the enormous work of journalists in the state and also recognize the journalists as the 4th Estate of the realm in the state.
The Congress called for collaboration and partnership. The Congress also called on every journalist to endeavour to identify with the Union by belonging to a Chapel.as the union has about 20 Chapels in the state.
The Congress appealed to the Government to apply human face while deliberating on the issue of Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation,ANPC (Publishers of National Light Newspapers) considering its historical and symbolic value to the State and workers. The Congress also frowned at the rumours of shutting down National Light and asked government to reconsider it’s intentions for journalists are prime for any society to thrive.
The Congress resolved that going forward, anyone or organization who constitutes nuisance for journalists carrying out their lawful duties will be treated as an enemy of the Union.
The Congress once again expressed its readiness to carry out their job as the mouthpiece of the people without fear or favour.
The Congress appreciated the efforts of the security agents in addressing the issue of the insecurity bedeviling the state and enjoined the security agents not to rest on their oars.
The Congress appealed to commercial motorists and motorcyclists to shun reckless driving while appealing to the FRSC to intensify efforts towards educating road users aside apprehending defaulters. The Congress urged FRSC to use safety education to ensure that the road crashes are reduced to the barest minimum.
The Congress called on its members to be security conscious and make safety their watchword.
The Congress commended the Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo led state government for embarking on massive road construction and rehabilitation of failed portions of roads in the state.
The Congress urged the government to continue, noting that the importance of good road network cannot be overemphasized.
On transport, the Congress appealed to the government to make available subsidized government’s vehicles that will convey workers to and fro work to cushion the effect of the hike in fuel pump price.
On environment, the Congress called on the people of the state to imbibe the spirit of cleanliness and endeavour to keep their environment clean. The Congress frowned at indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the waterways and undisgnated places.
The Congress urged the DPR officials to please look into the unbearable fuel pump price hike by fuel station owners in Anambra State and do the needful.
Signed:
Comrade Aloysius Ofodile, KSJI.
Secretary, NUJ Anambra state Council
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Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, PhD,JP.
Chairman NUJ Anambra State Council
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