Reproductive Health Journalists Elect New Officers 

The Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) has elected new officials to run its ongoing campaign on sexual and Reproductive health rights and policies for the next three years.
The new officials were unanimously returned  unopposed during the Network’s recent 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually.
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr Ejike Oji, who also participated in the meeting, expressed appreciation to the Network, over its contribution in issues relating to Sexual and Reproductive Health and rights and policies in its ten years of existence.
He charged the newly elected officers to be upright and committed to uplifting the principles of rights of women to their Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Also speaking, the Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and Executive Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), Dr Abiola Akiyode-Agolabi, who is a member of the BoT, encouraged the new executive to reach out more in promoting equity and access of women to reproductive health services that enhance their dignity.
She urged the leadership of the Network to put commitment on the frontline of media advocacy for promoting gender issues, noting that “there is still a lot of work to be done in eliminating gender-based violence in all spheres of our lives as a nation”.
On her part, Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Abuja Branch, Dr Hauwa Shekarau, who is the Legal Adviser and member, BoT, noted that the Network has shown in ten years that it is a media advocacy group to be reckoned with in the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) space.
She charged the new executive to continue to strengthen the capacity of its members across the country through continued programmes of development and engagements, “so that more visibility would be given to issues of women, girls and persons rights to making informed decisions and right choices in their sexual and reproductive health”.
The NRHJN was formed in April 2010 with the support of Ipas, Nigeria as a media advocacy group, to be a communication bridge between SRHR partners and the public.
The concerted media advocacy of the Network has been instrumental to the birth of Violence Against People Prohibition (VAPP) Law and its continued adoption in several states of Nigeria.
Those elected include: Yinka  Shokunbi                    (President); Nasir Yusuf Ibrahim   (Vice President);
Sekinah Lawal                   (National Secretary);
Tosin  Odusola                 (Assistant secretary); and Julie Ekong                  (Treasurer).
Others are Nma Okereke       (Financial Secretary);
Sola Ogundipe                    (Programme Advisor); and Elizabeth Kah                        (Welfare/Publicity).