COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ), AKWA IBOM STATE COUNCIL ISSUED AT THE END OF CONGRESS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021 AT THE NUJ PRESS CENTRE, UYO.

The Congress, which was well attended by members resolved as follows:

1. Congress called on the State government, to as a matter of urgency, tackle the erosion menace on Ikpa Road and other locations in the State to save lives and property.

2. Congress commended the State Government for taking steps to privatise the Community Goss Machine in Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, AKNC, and the Earthing Work at the operational headquarters of Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, AKBC, Ntak Inyang, to save lives and property.

3. In order to reposition AKNC, publisher of the Pioneer titles and AKBC, Congress urged the State Government to set up and inaugurate respective Boards for the Corporations, and recruit fresh professional hands. These steps, Congress believes, will add value to the Corporations.

4. Congress urged security agencies to step up their surveillance on the Third Ring Road, as criminals now lay ambush to innocent motorists on the road close to Nwaniba, using primitive antics.

5. Congress expressed worry over the increasing number of pot holes in Uyo Metropolis and its environs and called on the relevant Agency of Government to step up its remedial efforts.

6. Congress also called on citizens to be vigilant on the activities of scavengers in their domains, as it has been observed that they go about vandalizing public property at night.

7. Congress adopted the State of the Union address presented by the State Chairman, Comrade Amos Etuk, on his two years in Office, as the working document of the Union.

8. Congress commended the Commissioner for Youth & Sports, Hon. Monday Uko, who was the Special Guest at Congress, represented by the Chairman of Akwa United Football Club and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports, Elder Paul Bassey, for his support to the Union, and Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN.

9. Similarly, Congress thanked Elder Paul Bassey, for always identifying with the Union and his numerous supports.

Signed:
Comrade Amos Etuk
State Chairman

Comrade Dominic Akpan
State Secretary

Comrade Uwem Ekoh
Chairman Communiqué Drafting Committee

Comrade Uduak Akai
Secretary, Communiqué Drafting Committee

Comrade Anthony Maurice
Member Communiqué Drafting Committee