The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Delta State Council, has dissociated itself from a purportedly planned media award in conjunction with the Global News Media, slated for Thursday, June 19, 2019.
In a statement endorsed by the Council’s Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and Secretary, Comrade Churchill Oyowe, the NUJ said it was not aware of the planned event and had not entered into any arrangement with Global Trust News Media or any organization whatsoever to present an award to one Honourable Chukwudi or any individual on the said date.
The union advised members of the public to discountenance invitations of any kind to the said event, stressing that it would not take responsibility for any incident in connection with the event.
The union enjoined the public to always liaise with the leadership of the NUJ Delta State Council to verify the authenticity of awards before keying into them in view of the many fake agencies in the country given unverified awards.
While assuring of the union’s preparedness to weed out quacks from the profession, the statement implored Deltans to be weary of Facebook and social media tigers as not all that write or post on the social media are journalists.
It warned all registered practising journalists in the state to ignore the event or any other award not endorsed by the leadership of the union in the state.
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