The General Overseer of Tree of Life Gospel Ministry, Nanka, Anambra State, Dr Dada Obi, has appealed to Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, not to ignore journalists in his administration, as they are an essential part of a democratic society.
Obi, who is also a Patron of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council, made the appeal when the Executive members of NUJ in the state led by Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu paid him a solidarity visit in his home at Nanka, Orumba North local government area of the state.
While describing Governor Soludo as a renowned economist and intellectual, whose vision is to make Anambra a prosperous homeland, Dr Obi, urged him to give needed attention to journalists in the state, to help project his administration in a limelight.
According to him, information is power, Journalists can build and equally destroy. They should always be carried along in the affairs of governance. They are mouthpieces of society. I have had complaints in some quarters that the present administration of Prof Soludo, has not appointed a Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to enable Journalists in the state to feel a sense of belonging. So, I appealed to the governor to make Journalists his best friends for the better Anambra of his Vision 2070.
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He praised the critical role journalists play in society, adding that NUJ, with herculean and sensitive job, has done tremendously well for the progress of the state.
He thanked the State Executive Council of NUJ for their visit, promised to give maximum support to the union, and called for unity of purpose among them.
He used the opportunity to call for the promotion of Igbo culture and tradition, in order not to allow it to go into extinction.
Earlier, the Anambra State Chairman of the union, Dr Odogwu, explained that the aim of the visit was to pay homage and solidarity to one of their respected patrons and spiritual leader, whose humanitarian acts he said have continued to touch the lives of the Nanka community and beyond.
Other Executives members of Nigerian Union of Journalists present at the visit were the Vice President, Comrade Ngozi Obileri, Secretary, Comrade Aloysius Ofordile, Comrade John Ndu, Comrade Okechukwu Onegbu, among others.
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