NUJ Trains Members On Information Skills

The Imo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ), last week organised a three-day training in digital skills for its
members in line with modern journalism practice.

The workshop, jointly organised by the union and an NGO,
Poverty Alleviation Network and Self Dependence Initiative, was on Geographical
Information System and Google Fusion Table.

The Chairman of the council, Mr Innocent Igwe, said at the
opening of the programme that it was part of the union’s efforts to avail
members the opportunity to acquire the latest skills in the profession.

Igwe said that the training was also to enable journalists to
offer the best services to the people and the nation.

“We are equally determined to make sure journalists lived up
to the social responsibilities of their profession at all times.

“I assure you that my executive members will not sleep until
all my campaign promises on welfare and capacity building are delivered to
journalists in the state,” Igwe said.

The chairman appealed to the state government to partner
with the union on the training programme to ensure that more journalists
benefited.

Declaring the workshop open, the state Commissioner for
Information, Mr Chinedu Offor, said that training and retraining of
professionals helped to make them more efficient.

Offor, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the
ministry, Mr Goddy Dike, assured the union that the state government would
assist it in organising other training programmes for members.

He commended the leadership of the union for the programme
and urged it to ensure harmonious relationship among members and urged the
participants to employ the knowledge acquired during the training in the
performance of their duties.