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NUJ goes tough on sticker users

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By EZEKIEL DONTINNA

 

THE Plateau State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has raised  eyebrows on commercial drivers or car owners who are non-members of the unoin using the NUJ/PRESS stickers, describing it as an act of impersonation and should be prosecuted.

This was contained in a communique signed by the Council Secretary, Mr. Peter Amini and made available to Sunday Standard shortly after the NUJ congress meeting, held at the conference hall of the council Secretariat in Jos,  Wednesday.

The council, therefore, appealed to the FRSC, the Police and other law enforcement  agencies to interrogate and demand from whoever wears NUJ/PRESS sticker to provide his/her NUJ identity card and that of his or her office as a means of identification.

However, the NUJ  promised to go tough on those who fail to identify themselves appropriately and directed all relevant agencies to apprehend any individual for impersonation and unlawful use of union sticker and penalised according to law.

The union also advised Plateau State government and other reputable organisations in the state to take advantage of trained and professional journalists in promoting their activities to avoid misrepresentation by untrained persons under the guise of bloggers who neither understand the rudiments of journalism nor have gatekeepers who monitor their excesses.

The council also noted with concern the show of no regards to government orders by some tricycle riders, popularly known as Keke Napep, who defy the 6pm curfew imposed by the Plateau State government thereby constituting traffic nuisance and security risk at night.

While calling on the law enforcement agencies to beam their searchlight on these tricycle riders with a view of bringing them to book, the union disclosed that this has caused avoidable accidents encouraging criminal activities in and around the metropolis.

Stressing on the social sphere to Nigeria’s current realities, the Plateau State Council, again decried the looming food crisis and the continuous hike in prices of food stuff in the market, making life difficult and unbearable for citizens in the country.

It therefore appealed to government agencies saddled with this duty to put in place a price control mechanism that would ensure the affordability and accessibility of food to the public and also look into the artificial fuel scarcity as well as the skyrocketed price of cooking gas respectively.

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