RESULT OF COMPETENCE: NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS OFFER CONTRACT APPOINTMENT TO GBEMIGA BAMIDELE AFTER RETIREMENT
The National Secretariat of the union on Wednesday October 23 oraginsed appreciation session for Bamidele following his retirement on October 21, 2019, after 15 years of meritorious service to the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ).
Penpushing further reports that, in another development the union in the communiqué rejected the step by the Federal Government to regulate social media operators in the country, with a call on the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, not to succumb to the temptation of restricting the social media as the attempt could easily lead to “gagging the media.”
The union also rejected the position of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on the New Minimum Wage and urged the Governors would have to implement the new minimum wage captured on the federal government’s template as agreed upon with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
Penpushing also reports that, the union appealed to the Federal Government, Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), security agencies and political gladiators, to ensure hitch-free conduct of the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa States Governorship elections.
The communiqué equally addressed the lingering dispute among members of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) , explaining that the union has set up a five-man committee to reconcile the two factions involved in the leadership crisis rocking the association.
