As the November 11, 2023 governorship election draws near, the Kogi State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged its members to strictly adhere to the ethics of the profession while discharging their constitutional duty.
The charge was made in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja by the Alhaji Adeiza Momohjimoh and Comrade Ademu Seidu, Chairman and Secretary of the council respectively.
The council said the warning to its members became necessary
following the “very unprofessional conducts and outbursts of some group of people claiming to be Journalists ahead of the Saturday governorship election.”
The NUJ said : “One of the core values of journalism is objectivity.
“Journalism has taken flight of any journalist who sacrifices this for ethnic, religious and others primordial considerations.
“It is rather unfortunate that some people under the aegis of Journalists’ association could come to the public place to brazenly promote their ethnic and political bias, not minding the dangerous consequences of such action.
“The Kogi council of the Union is made up of journalists from all the ethnic groups in the state and even from other states of the federation and we are blind to any sectional groups in the Union if at all they exist.
“The submission of the council therefore is that the current government led by His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has surpassed the achievements of its predecessors in the areas of roads infrastructure, education and health care delivery.
“Since no one government can solve the problems of its citizens within the specific tenures, it is expected that the electorate perform their civic duty of electing people who will further advance the achievements recorded.
“We therefore, call on the people of the State to come out en masse to vote for candidates of their choice come Saturday and urge INEC and government to provide the enabling environment for a peaceful, credible and transparent election.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)
