By Emmanuel Awari-Jalingo the
Journalists in Taraba state have been urged to compliment government’s efforts and work towards achieving lasting peace in the state through objective and professional reportage and promotion of stories that promote peacefull co – existence rather than inciting people on violence.
Governor Darius Ishaku through the Senior Special Assistant media to the governor Bala Dan Abu, Made the call when the leadership of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ in the state led by Alhaji Sadiq Adamu paid the governor’s media team a courtesy call at the government House in Jalingo.
According to him, Journalists are very critical stakeholder towards the achievement of government objectives, adding that efforts by the state government would not be fruitful if the media does not key in and avoid inciting and sensational reportage.
He congratulated the new leadership and express confidence that the caliber of members that now constitute the leadership was capable of delivering on their mandate and assured that the government would create the enabling environment for the journalist to carry out their responsibilities effectively.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Chapel, Alhaji Sadiq Adamu assured the Media Aids that his team would work in the overall interest of the state without compromising the welfare of the members.
He said as professionals, the members were bound to be critical of the government when need be but this should not be seeing as antagonising the Administration.
“Today, I am here with the newly elected executive of the correspondent’s chapel first of all on a familiarization visit and to assure you that we would want your collaboration to enable us do our work well. We are aware of the security challenges in the state and we need the government to come in when we have to work in volatile areas.
” As media handlers for the government, we know you will always want only positive reports. However, as professionals, we are bound to be critical of the government at some pints. This should not be seeing as antagonism. It is part of our work. We will ensure that our members maintain the highest ethical standards at all times” – He said.
It could be recalled that the Chapel election held last Saturday led to the election of Alhaji Sadiq Adamu of the NAN as chairman and Emmanuel Awari of Champion Newspaper as Auditor, among other officials.
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