. . . PRESS RELEASE
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Mr Emmanuel Ndah, has assured the NUJ that he will do everything within his reach to ensure that the Union is put in the front burner.
Mr Emmanuel Ndah gave the assurance, when the newly elected Executives of NUJ Rivers State Council and some of its members led by the Chairman, Comrade Paul Bazia paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the Podium Block, State Secretariat complex, Port Harcourt, and promised to ensure that the demands of the Union gets to the appropriate quarters.
The Permanent Secretary stressed that the effort of the State sole administrator is to carry out programmes that can be achieved in six months and urge the NUJ to make demands that can be achieved within the period.
“The administrator has put so much effort to not only carry out achievable programmes but ensure peace and security in the State”
Mr Ndah, however, instructed the new executives to carry every member of the union along in the scheme of things.
According to him, “After the election, the Union is now one, carry every body along so that the Union will move forward.”
The chairman of NUJ, Comrade Paul Bazia, had earlier assured the Permanent secretary, that the new executive is ready to work with the government to change the negative narratives and move the state forward.
Comrade Paul Bazia emphasized that the Union will ensure factual reportage that will bring about the development of the state.
Paul Bazia, further said that the essence of the visit, is to introduce the new Executives to the Permanent Secretary and lamented the deplorable condition of the NUJ Secretariat and urged the Permanent Secretary to help push the demands of the Union to the state government while highlighting some of the challenges of the council.
According to the Chairman, “In terms of mobility, we have no vehicle, the one we have is in a bad shape, most of the facilities are bad, so we need you to help push our issues to the administrator pending when our Governor will be restored”.
He thanked the Permanent Secretary for receiving members of the Union within a short notice.
E-signed
Ijeoma Tubosia Ph.D
State Secretary
