By Cynthia Batuta
As one of the Presidential campaign Hopefuls flags off campaign ahead of the NUJ Election Campaign at Owerri, Imo Capital the venue, Barr Dele Atunbi Promises To Give, Premium to member’s welfare :
(A) Media Salary Structure
(B) Continuation of insurance policy
(C) Maintaining NUJ safety fund
(D) In line with UN’s treaty, our administration will collaborate with all relevant agencies on safety of journalists in Nigeria.
(E) Job Security
(F) Our administration will stand tall against casualisation of workers in the media industry.
Quackery will not equally be tolerated.
(G )The NUJ as at today depends largely on other sources that are not sustainable, apart from widening the scope of funding for our great union, our administration will put a stop to the deductions of check off dues from members nationwide to another industrial union.
- Education:
(A) Improve the standard of International Institute of Journalism.
(B) Prioritizing training and retraining of members.
(C) Encouraging media establishments to place premium on training and retraining of journalists.
- Infrastructural development:
Our administration will pursue with vigor infrastructural development at the National secretariat of our great union. Since administration is continuum, we shall give priority to the IIJ project and other infrastructural facilities.
- Trade Unionism:
(A) Media related- our administration shall collaborate with all affiliates and media related associations like NGE, NPAN, NAWOJ, SWAN, etc to advocate and secure better welfare packages and conducive working environment for practitioners across the country.
Our administration will encourage NAWOJ, SWAN and sporting activities among Journalists all over the Country. With this we intend to use sports as a unifying factor within our Union.