The Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ has declared that Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan as qualified and professional journalists to the core.
The state council of the union said Prince Adeniyan who is the Publisher of Trace news magazine and has worked with The State owned Newspaper The Hope had also served the union at both the state and the National level as an executive member of the union and should never be regarded as fake journalists as assumed by the waste management company.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the state Secretary which was made available to journalists yesterday.
It advised that the ZLGA within to 24hours ultimatum to pull down the social media post “FAKE JOURNALIST”.
The statement:
EBENEZER ADENIYAN IS A SENIOR JOURNALIST & PUBLISHER OF TRACE NEWS MAGAZINE: ONDO NUJ DEMANDS APOLOGY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ‘FAKE JOURNALIST POST’
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council wishes to place on record that one of its Senior members, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, is a qualified and well-experienced Senior Journalist and not a FAKE JOURNALIST.
We hereby give a waste management company, ZLGA 24hours ultimatum to pull down the social media post “FAKE JOURNALIST” against Prince Adeniyan who had served as the State Secretary & National Ex-officio of our union before now.
We want to caution public or private offices in the state against any form of attacks/blackmail against journalists in the course of doing their professional jobs.
The waste management company’s post on Ebenezer Adeniyan is unacceptable and condemnable, just as we are demanding public apology from the company.
Solidarity Forever!!!
E-Signed:
Olaoluwa Meshack
State Secretary.
11th October, 2023.
