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  • NUJ to get radio station

    A candidate in the forthcoming national delegates’ conference and election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Waheed Odusile, has promised to set up a radio station for the union, if elected.

    The Nation Managing Editor and columnist said the station would boost the union’s financial base.

    Odusile spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, when his campaign team visited the State Council of NUJ.

    The senior journalist explained that the radio station, which may not necessarily have a wide reach at the initial stage, would also publicise the activities of the union and create jobs for journalists.

    The NUJ presidential hopeful promised to “focus on professionalism with emphasis on training, retraining, certification and registration of members”.

    He noted that news writing cannot be acquired from reading Mass Communication or Journalism in schools.

    Odusile stressed the importance of experience and training for journalists to have a good grasp of their profession.

    He said: “I started journalism as a reporter, rose through the ranks before I attained management position.”

    According to him, these have helped him to understand every aspect of the media business.

    Reading out his manifesto, titled: My Bond With Nigerian Journalists, Odusile pledged to pursue a special media salary structure for journalists, especially for those working in government–owned media houses because they are supposed to be remunerated as professionals and not as civil servants.

    Among other things, the NUJ presidential candidate promised to eradicate quackery, sanitise the social media, enhance welfare programmes and defend press freedom, if elected.

    The Director-General of his campaign organistaion and Lagos NUJ Council’s Chairman Deji Elumoye described Odusile as “a man of character who has been tested and trusted”.

    He urged journalists in Rivers State, especially the delegates to the national conference in Abuja on July 23 to 26, to vote en masse for Odusile “because you will not be disappointed”.

    Rivers NUJ Council’s Acting Secretary Mike Mboye hailed them for being the first group to visit the state.

    He promised that Rivers journalists would do the needful at the Abuja conference.

     

     

  • Bank workers to float radio station

    Senior bank workers are set to float a radiostation to be known as ASSBIFI Labour Radio.

    Speaking with journalists in Lagos yesterday, the workers under the aegis of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), said the outfit would be managed by ASSBIFI Multi Media House Ltd.

    ASSBIFI National Deputy President, Comrade Oyinkan Olasanoye, said the station would commence its test run at Star Fm (101.5) from today, pending its full operation when its licence is ready.

    The target audience are the Nigerian workers who are expected to be educated through phone-in programmes and interviews on how to deliver efficient services.

    Also the employers of labour who may want to reach out to their workers on new developments and technological know-how towards earning their living.

    She said the station would be a strict platform for labour issues and that it would distance itself from politics.

    However, the station that will be self-funded will be fully commercial.

    Olasanoye said the reason for the take off of the ASSBIFI Labour Radio at Star FM next week is to let listeners know what the programmes are all about.