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Bagudu Tasks NUJ On Fight Against Banditry
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, yesterday, appealed to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to support security agencies in their efforts to tackle insecurity, particularly banditry in the North-West.
He made the appeal during the inauguration of NUJ Kebbi Council held at the Presidential Lodge in Birnin Kebbi.
Bagudu said: “Please NUJ cooperate with the security agencies, I beg you in the name of God, nobody is directing you, nobody is censuring you but our security agencies, particularly in the Northwest, need support of the NUJ.
“People are paralysed with fear because of wrong reporting. I hear it every day, communities do it, social media in particular does it,” he said.
The governor empathised with security agencies, particularly the police.
“Assuming that a report gets to a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who had only 20 policemen in the division that about 200 suspected bandits are coming on motorcycles, what do you want the DPO to do? To commit suicide?
“It is the same thing, whenever we write about insecurity, we must remember that it might make people to become more afraid than they need to be, “ he said.
The governor advised Nigerian politicians to borrow a leave from Kebbi NUJ which got its officers on consensus basis.
He said that one day Nigeria might be able to produce a president by consensus, instead of election.
In her speech, Kebbi Commissioner for Information, Hajiya Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, urged journalists to imbibe the spirit of professionalism while discharging their lawful responsibilities.
The commissioner, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Alhaji Garba Hamisu, thanked the governor for assisting officials of the state chapter of the NUJ to attend the recent NUJ Delegates Conference which held in Umahia, Abia.
She urged the outgoing executives to support the new executives with useful advice, while urging the new executives to work closely with the old one.
Abdur-Razak Bello-Kaura, NUJ Zonal Secretary, Northwest told the new executive council that they have a very big task ahead of them.
He appreciated the members for exhibiting high sense of maturity, brotherliness and accommodation which, he observed, had culminated into a peaceful, successful and united delegates conference in Kebbi.
Magistrate Isma’il Mungadi administered the oath of office on the newly elected executives who would run the affairs of the union for the next three years.
NAN also reports that the new executives included Hamza Galadima-Zuru from Kebbi Television Chapel as Chairman, Ahmed Idris from Correspondents’ Chapel as Secretary and Abubakar Attahiru from State Information Chapel as Assistant Secretary.
Others are Bello Sarki-Abubalar from Kebbi Radio, Treasurer, Junaidu Sani of Equity FM as Financial Secretary while the post of Auditor -General went to Imran Musa also of Equity FM.
The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called on the Management of Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to embark on the water projects in Buguma city in Asari Toru Local Government Area, Rivers state
The Group called on the Rivers state government to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
On the water project in Buguma, MOSIEND said the population of Buguma has increased tremendously as the residents need more water projects to enhance the daily livelihood of the people
The Group also appealed to the Chairman of the council to assist in making the project a reality and attracts more developmental projects to the city
This call was on Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt, Radio program, Talk of the Town, by MOSIEND Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn alongside Mark Ojuka,Chairman of Buguma and Hon Sandra Owunari JP Chairman Obuama and monitored by our correspondent
Comrade Ojuka also called on the Management of Liquidifed Natural Gas NLG to embark on a free medical outreach in all Kala bari communities to improve their health status
He appealed to LNG to award scholarship to indigens of Kalabari communities in tertiary institutions to better their education, noting the company is doing same in Bonny, abandoning Kalabari communities
“We need contracts, free medical, scholarships and employment including skill acquisition programs for our teeming youths in Kalabari extractions ”
On Security, Mark Ojuka said security in Buguma is at zero level with the help of the Ama Ma soldiers the city is more peaceful and investors friendly as the youths of area have cordial relationship with the security agencies in the area
“Security is very secured in Buguma clan”
He called on the Rivers state to revamp the Buguma fish farm to create employment for the teeming youths
“The youths are asking for human capacity building in the area to reduce unemployment”
“The revamping of the Buguma fish farm will also reduce youth violence”
Also Speaking, Eastern Zonal Coordinator of MOSIEND Half Hour Comrade Tammy Bruce Longjohn called for more improve in infrastructures in Kalabari community, especially in electricity
There is little improvement in terms of electricity in Buguma city
He decried the deplorable condition
of Buguma Health Centre, saying that the hospital is near functional
“Our sisters that are pregnant and our sick parents can not access the health centre for a better treatment ”
Describing the Health Centre as an eye saw, he called on Rivers state government and Buguma Local Government chairman Hon William to improve on facilities in the centre and make it more medically accessible to the sick persons in the area
Buguma, Tammy Bruce said is the spiritual headquarter of Kalabari people as such deserve more modern facilities from the government to improve lives
The Coordinator called on government, stakeholders and oil companies to assist and improve the poor infrastructural facilities in area
“We need first class hospitals, qualified medical doctors and nurses in the health centres and hospitals”
On the oil spilled in Obuoma Chairman MOSIEND Obuoma, Hon Sandra Owunari said the spill destroyed their crops and Rivers even polluted their only source of drinking water
She expressed displeasure that Rivers state government did not send any relief materials to the people in the affected community
On Chieftaincy title to women in Obuama, Hon Sandra Owunari said the community do not install Chieftaincy title to women, saying that Chieftaincy title is only reserved for men only in the community
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