Journalists under the auspices of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Oyo State have appealed to Nigerians to pray for the union to avert death of its
The union called on the public, especially lovers of journalism profession, to pray fervently for the practitioners to end untimely deaths among journalists in the state.Among the journalists who recently died included Mr. Najeem Raheem, a deputy photo editor with Guardian Newspaper and Mr. Sunday Ogunyemi of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria .The latest among the journalists who died in the last few months is Mr. David Ajiboye who died on Sunday.
In a statement jointly signed by the duo of Comrades Ademola Babalola and Olusola Oladapo, Chairman and Secretary respectively, the NUJ insisted that the union needed prayers at this critical period in order to avoid more deaths among its members. It said that “union had within the year lost some of its members among whom are Mr Najeem Raheem of Guardian Newspaper, Sunday Ogunyemi of FRCN and Titus Badejo of Naija FM.
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