Odusile, Obamuwagun, Lamidi and Uzaka picks NUJ nomination forms, as NUJ elects new leadership in May
Aspirants vying for the presidency of the
Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) have been
trooping to the union offices
national wide to indicate interest by picking nomination form, Vanguard has
learnt.
By 24 – 26 May this year, the union
will be holding its national delegate congress in Abuja to elect a new
leadership that will steer the affairs of the union for the next three years.
So far, the Chairman of the NUJ
Electoral Committee, Mr Gbenga Onayiga told Vanguard that about four aspirants
had indicated interest to contest for the union presidential position.
They are: The Managing Editor, the
Nation Newspaper, Mr Abdulwaheed Odusile from Lagos Council, the current Deputy
President, Mr Rotimi Obamuwagun, the National Internal Auditor, Mustapha Lamidi
and Uzaka Abraham from Bayelsa council.
Odusile, who is presently an
Ex-Officio of the union had been in the profession for more than three decade,
and he was promising to provide qualitative leadership, if elected as the
president of the noble profession.
Speaking on Thursday evening in
Abuja, while picking his nomination form, Alhaji Waheed Odusile vowed to build
on the foundation being laid by the current leadership of the union.
He also promised to fight quacks who
had infiltrated the pen pushing profession.
Odusile further said that his aim
was to ensure that journalists in the country were professionally qualified in
terms of training and certification, saying the quacks had given the profession
a bad name.
According to him, the union needs to
be mindful of the leaders that are elected to lead it, because the organisation
is in need of a better leadership.
“We need a thorough breed
professional to lead our union.
“We should be mindful of the quality
of leaders that we put at the helm in NUJ, because in the past we have had
instances where our leaders in the NUJ had not lived up to expectation, now
that we have the opportunity, we should not fall below the standard expected of
us and to be able to go higher, we must look for a better leadership to take
the union higher.
“NUJ is a big organization that has
given birth to a lot of bodies. Those other bodies probably have learnt from
our mistakes and learnt to do things better but it doesn’t mean that NUJ is
worthless, we are the father or mother of those organizations, we will do
better.”
In his remarks, Onayiga said the
picking and submission of the form still open till May 8, adding that the
committee still open to any body willing to contest for the election.
He appealed to all aspirants to
ensure a clean contest that devoids of calling of names and use of abusive
languages, promising to provide a level playing ground for all.
“We need to de-monetise the process.
We (aspirants) should go about the exercise in a very responsible way to serve
as example to other unions we have criticized,” he said.
Odusile, Obamuwagun, Lamidi and Uzaka picks NUJ nomination forms, as NUJ elects new leadership in May
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