OYO JOURNALISTS DECIDES 2016
Ko seleri!!!
Contestants in solidarity at opponent’s
flag off ceremony.
By Ayo Ademokoya.
Various encomia was poured on the
duo of Prince Olusegun Adeyemo, the incumbent vice chairman of Nigerian Union
of Journalists, Oyo state council, now contesting for the chairmanship position
of the Association and Mr Adewunmi Faniran (Fanny-Power) who were magnanimous enough
to show up at the flagging off ceremony of their opponent, Messrs Ademola
Babalola who is also contesting for the same NUJ,Oyo chairmanship position on Wednesday
the 7th of December 2016 at Dapo Aderogba hall, NUJ Press centre,Iyaganku,
Ibadan.
Prince Adeyemo was sighted at the
premises of the hall as early as 9:30am
for a programme scheduled to start at 11am while Fanny-power and his
entourage showed up around 1:00pm to show solidarity for the campaign organisation
of Debabs 2016.
Commending their attitude, veteran
Journalist, Otunba Olukunle Ayorinde noted that Ko seleri,it has never happened in the history of Oyo NUJ where opponents would show up at their
rivals campaign venue, a gesture which
has proven to Nigerians that Journalism in Oyo state has come off age
and is setting the pace as far as electioneering is concern .A stattement corroborated by the former Vuce Chairman of the Association,Mr Cosmos Oni.
He however urged politicians to
emulate the way and maner election is been organised by those who is 4th
estate of the realm, the journalists.
“Gone are the days when people just because
election would hire and touts, tugs, miscreants to destabilise campaign venues
of the opponent but we as journalist are so matured now that we can attend each
others campaign forum without prejudice or malice.”
Flagging off DEMBAB 2016 campaign
team , the Director General, Mr Joseph
Okwuofu, thanked journalists present at the event and reinstate his belief in the
duo of Mr Demola Babalola and Tunde
Ogunesan who are vying the posts of Chairmanship and secretary ship of the
Association.
“As you can see, both of them are
young and I believe in them, twice Demola was the Director General of Mr Gbenga
Opadotun, at firts when we nicknamed him “Mr
Fix it” ,many would not believe
him until he made the candidacy of Ekuro a reality for two terms. If he can fix
that believe his do better as the incumbent chairman of the association.
In his speech, Demola Babalola
thanked everyone present and rolled out his campaign manifestos which believe
would restore the dignity and economic state of Journalist in the state.
Tunde Ogunesan also in his speech
urged journalist in the state to give the duo a chance to serve not minding age
and other stratifications.
“Ti okete ba dagba tan,Omu omo e ni
mu”he began
“Now your aged rats is old and
should be ready to milk from the breasts of her children” he concluded jokingly
while enumerating his plans for the secretariat of the state NUJ.
The high point of the event was Prince
Adeyemo’s message to politicians in the state at the event saying that the
chairmanship of the association is not a do or die affair and so should
election should be generally.
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however urged the participants to build on the legacies of the outgoing
executives of Oyo NUJ led by comrade Gbenga Opadotun and advised that the duo
should work on the image of the 4th estate of the relm which
politicians had taken for granted.
