The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has hosted the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zaria unit and provided training opportunities to upscale skills of the journalists covering
By Mustapha Yauri (08069722497)
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has hosted the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zaria unit and provided training opportunities to upscale skills of the journalists covering the area towards enhancing professionalism.
Prof Ahmed Adamu, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, who received the executive members of the NUJ Zaria Unit on Thursday in Zaria ,where he reeled out the largesse.
Adamu, who responded to the request of the union, asked the organisation to write formally on the kind of training required for proper arrangements and approval.
The vice-chancellor, who described journalists as one of the university’s strategic partners, urged them to redouble their efforts by reporting the tangible achievements it had recently recorded.
He recalled the institution’s feat in global ranking that had significantly improved and the JAMB Mega prize of N500 million it had received, lamenting that it was not widely disseminated.
Earlier, Malam Sagir Awwal, the Chairman of the unit, praised the university for its academic excellence, saying that its tremendous contributions to the development of Nigeria were remarkable.
He said there had been a good working relationship between the university and journalists in Zaria and that the union was looking forward to a more productive relationship.
Awwal also said they would continue to discharge their responsibilities professionally in promoting the academic activities of the university.
“Essentially, this visit is to foster the long-standing ties between the university and the union with a view to improving its coverage,” he said.
The unit chairman, who stressed the need for training and retraining of journalists, urged the university to be organising routine trainings for their members to further sharpen their skills.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)