NUJ Kick Starts Democracy Dividend Tour From Zamfara
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has announced that it is starting its democracy dividend tour from Zamfara, being the state of the chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari.
A statement by the National Secretary of the Union, Shuaibu Usman Leman, in Abuja on Thursday, said the media tour is part of the mandate of the NUJ at monitoring governance on behalf of the people.
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According to Leman, the tour which is expected to commence on Saturday will see journalists on the team inspecting the development strides of each of the state governors as well as an interactive session where the governors will answer critical questions.
“This tour is part of effort of the NUJ to deepen democracy and seeing firsthand what development strides are going on in each state of the federation.
“We expect that the journalists will be able to report based on what they find on ground to the people of the state and Nigerians at large.
“This is not a sort of test or examines rather to see how we can engage with the various state governments and set an appropriate agenda of development.”
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He further stated that the choice of Zamfara as the starting point is as a result of Governor Yari being the first among equals and for him to set the pace for other states to follow.
The NUJ National Scribe hinted that journalists will be drawn from broadcast, print and online.
