NUJ Kaduna Commends KDSG on Issue of Security
Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA
Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has commended the Governor of Kaduna state Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for taking proactive measures in finding solution to the lingering security problem in the state.
This commendation was given in a communique issued at the end of its 3rd Congress held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat which was presided by the Council Chairman, Comrade Adamu Yusuf.
Noticeable improvements the congress acknowledged has been made in the area of security.
The Communique signed by the Council Secretary, Comrade John Femi Adi, after the Congress had deliberated extensively on several other issues bordering on the union, State, as well as the nation reads as follows:
It commended Kaduna State Government for taking proactive measures to address the insecurity and other forms of criminality in the State and urged that it should be sustained.
The Congress also commended Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai for elevating its colleague, Mr Samuel Aruwan from Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to Honourable Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs. It appealed that the Governor extends more of such appointments to Journalists in the state.
Kaduna State Government has also been commended for the award of road projects which the congress believes would help in opening up the state; but advised that the government places priority also on welfare of her citizens.
For the 2019 Press Week, a 7-Man Press Week /Fund Raising Committee was inaugurated with the Council Vice Chairman, Malam Sabiu Mohammed as Chairman while Comrade Isaiah Benjamin is to serve as Secretary.
Other members are, Hajiya Daharatu Aliyu, Comrade John Femi Adi, Council Secretary , Hajiya Farida Abubakar, Mrs Juliet Oyoyo and Hajiya Fatima Aliyu.
However, members were charged to begin to think outside the box in order to engage in entrepreneurial ventures that would better their lives even after leaving the journalism profession.
Communiqué Drafting Committee was made up of:
1. Dominic Eze Uzu- Chairman
2. Idibia Gabriel
3. Isaiah Benjamin – Secretary
