The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kaduna State Council has commended Kaduna State Government for taking proactive measures to address insecurity and other forms of criminality in the state.
The council said this in a Communiqué issued at the end of monthly congress of the union on Friday.
The communique, which was signed by the Drafting Committee Chairman, Mr Dominic Eze Uzu, urged the Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led administration in the state to sustain the measures taken in addressing insecurity in the former Northern Nigerian capital.
The union also issued a 30-day notice to non-financial members of the union to do the needful or risk losing welfare benefits from the union.
The NUJ further commended Kaduna State Government for the award of road projects, which was aimed at opening up the state,
It advised the government to also place priority on welfare of her citizens.
The Union also inaugurated a seven-man 2019 Press Week/Fund Raising Committee.
The committee would be chaired by the Council Vice Chairman, Malam Sabiu Mohammed, while Comrade Isaiah Benjamin would serve as Secretary.
Other members included Hajiya Daharatu Aliyu, Comrade John Femi Adi, Council Secretary, Hajiya Farida Abubakar, Mrs Juliet Oyoyo and Hajiya Fatima Aliyu.
The DEFENDER reports that Governor el-Rufai’s measures at ensuring security in the state he now got electoral mandate to govern for second four-year tenure have been criticised even by non-members of the Kaduna State.
One of the respondents, who volunteered to comment on the new commendation of the government coming from the journalists in the state, said: “We have always told any leader who believes he has a good policy and project to go ahead and look at the noise of the market that is the criticisms and protests of the people. This is because, the same people will come later to praise you when the policies favour them. That is what those journalists have just proved to vindicate the energetic governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai,” he said.
