Yakubu Busari, Jos
The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Waheed Odusile has said there is need the body to review its constitution to accommodate new online practitioners
Odusile disclosed this on Saturday in Jos while addressing delegates and members of the Plateau state council on his ambition to run for the second term as President of the union.
He promised that If re-elected, his first assignment would be to call for a national delegates conference to get a new constitution to reposition the union.
He listed some of his silent achievements in the past three years to include training and retraining of members across the six zones in addition to moving the International Institute of Journalism, IIJ, to its permanent site and install a 500kva generator to power the area.
In another development, the News Link Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Plateau State chapter has elected new officials to run the affairs of the chapel for the next, three years after.
In the election supervised by the council Secretary, Later Amine, saw Mr. Mike Agada, emerging as the Chairman having being nominated by member of the chapel, Gonina Solomon and was seconded by Mr. Sunday Taiwo, the NUJ Auditor.
Also elected to serve in the Exco are Gonina Solomon Lemoro as Secretary while the position of Assistant Secretary went to Linda Uban and the position of treasurer went to Mrs. Juliana Olajide.
The elected chairman, Mike Agada in his acceptance speech commended members for the confidence reposed in them and seek cooperation from members to enable the exco serve them better
