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Kwara NUJ hails Saraki over Olesin’s appointment

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Media managers of political and public office holders in Nigeria have been charged to always distinguish themselves in the discharge of their duties by upholding the tenet of journalism profession.

The correspondents’ chapel of the Kwara state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, NUJ gave the charge on Tuesday in a statement issued to a mark a special  prayer organised by the state’s  council  for the newly appointed Senior Legislative Aide (Media) to the Senate President, Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin.

ROYAL NEWS reports that Olesin, a former editor of The Herald Newspapers was until his appointment the regional editor, north- central of Leadership Newspaper.

The statement  noted that ‘‘ trained practitioners appointed as  media mangers of political and public  office holders must guide against hate speech and inflammatory remarks  especially now that the 2019 general elections draws nearer’’ .

The statement which was signed by the chairman of the correspondents’ chapel, Layi Olanrewaju and Secretary, Umar Abdulwahab, commended the senate president for appointing trained and experienced media practitioners as his media aides.

It described Olesin’ s appointment and those before him , as a round pegs in a round whole considering their  wealth of experiences .

The statement congratulated the new appointee and urged him to bring his experience to bear in carrying out his duties.

Earlier during the prayer session, the state’s council chairman of the NUJ, comrade Abiodun Abdulkareem who spoke through the Imam of the NUJ Mosque, Mallam Abubakar Owolabi , said the prayer was organised to seek Allah’s guidance and direction for the new appointee in carrying out his duties .

The prayer session was attended by friends, family members of the appointee and journalists across the state.

Those in attendance included a former chief press secretary to Kwara state governor , Alhaji Mas’ud Adebimpe, the National Publicity Secretary Of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, Alh Mashood Amuda, chairman, Ibagun Progressive Union, Alh Idowu Omomeji, a senior aide of the Senate President, Alh AbdulRasaq Bolanta, former chairman of NUJ in the state, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi and former national vice president of NAWOJ, Hajia Bilikis Oladimeji, Public Relations Officers (PRO) ,College of Education, Ilorin and that of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin Alhaji Abdulwaheed Aiyelabegan and Yinus Abdulkadir respectively.among others .

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