Members of the Gist Newspaper and Magazine Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Rivers State Council, have been charged to keep to the standard of journalism practice.
State Chairman of the union, Mr. Stanley Job Stanley who was speaking at the inauguration of the chapel in Port Harcourt on Monday September 18, 2023 maintained that journalism has no room for mediocres, hence members must embrace professionalism from all spheres.
“In line with the practice, Nigerian journalists are always proactive when it comes to information dissemination to the general public. Be therefore encouraged to do the needful and be up and doing,” he said.
Responding, chairman of the new chapel, Mr. Amaike Ihuoma Okoronkwo, thanked members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Rivers State Council, for finding time to honour the inauguration. He pleaded with the state executive council, SEC, through the office of the state chairman to always render assistance anytime the chapel comes for such. He stressed that such will make the chapel move ahead.
“I want to thank our chairman here, Mr. Stanley Job Stanley, on behalf of the SEC for this 2nd inauguration. I will assure you that we are ready to run properly as a chapel but would want you as the state chairman to always come to our aid anytime we call on you for such assistance.
“We are not coming back to join any queue but to as a chapel that was on ground, we are back to lead in the areas peculiar to our reading audience in line with journalism practice”.
The state chairman of NAWOJ, Mrs. Susan Serekhara Nwikhana, used the medium to call on the female members to fully identify with female journalists at the state level as NUJ remains the parent body.
She eulogised the efforts of the publisher Mrs. Sotonye Toby Fulton in ensuring that The Gist Newspaper and Magazine became re-invigorated into the media space.
