Ogun NUJ Advisory Council To Be Appointed

Abeokuta: Sina ODUNTAN

Published, Friday, March 23, 2023

THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS, Ogun State Council in comformity with Nigeria Union of Journalists Constitution has concluded arrangement to inaugurate Advisory Council for the first time on Thursday, March 30, 2023 

NUJ Advisory Council is a major provision of the NUJ constitution consisting past Chairmen of the NUJ  and Elders of the pen profession who had served the union in one capacity or the other.

Chairman of the Union, Comrade Wale Olanrewaju stated this while paying a visit to the Barr. Demola Badejo-led Screening and  Revalidation Committee at Barr. Badejo's Abeokuta office Thursday.

It should be recalled that NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo appointed the 5-man Revalidation and Screening Committee, consisting Barr. Demola Badejo as Chairman, Mr. Dele Akinsola, Secretary, Oba (Dr) Olufemi Ogunleye, Towulade Akinale, Chief Laid Labode and Mr. Eddy Aina, early last year in order to sanitize the membership of Ogun NUJ. 

Comrade Olanrewaju while thanking the five wise elders of the NUJ Ogun Council for their sacrifice and selfless service to bringing peace to their cherished Ogun NUJ, informed the past leaders on several steps his Executive Committee has taken since its inception on December 22, 2023, saying within the short time the NUJ Iwe Iroyin secretariat that was acquired by Barr. Badejo's NUJ Executive Committee in 1990 is wearing facelift.  

“We have been able to carry out so many projects both physical and mental projects, the physical is what we can see when we get to the secretariat while the mental has been what we have been able to do for our members financially”.

Responding to the Union request, Former Chairmen of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council Alhaji Lai Labode, Eddy Aina and Barrister Demola Badejo lauded the fresh air of progress blowing across the council and appreciated the Wale Olanrewaju-led executive for taking the bull by the horns in repositioning the council and restore it to its pride of place as the cradle of journalism in Nigeria. 

"The report we have been getting from the secretariat has been encouraging which showed improvement from what it used to be, they submitted".

They all accepted to serve in the elders' advisory council noting that they would be physically present during the Inauguration while promising to join hands in the rebuilding process by offering useful advice

Also, Oba(Dr) Olufemi Ogunleye, Towulade Akinale, a veteran journalist challenged the new executive to do all within their power in making Ogun council take its rightful place in the comity of states as Abeokuta remains the cradle of Journalism adding that the crises that engulfed the council in the past should not be a yardstick for non-performance.

Others at the meeting were Dele Akinsola also a veteran, Sina Oduntan, Comrade Idris Adelakun, the Union's treasurer and Comrade Bunmi Adigun, the Union's Secretary.

The Inauguration date on 30th of March, 2023 coincided with the monthly congress of the union when members gather to discuss issues of progress of the union.