With the installation of executive members in the Corporate Online Chapel, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) now has eleven (11) chapels in the NUJ Enugu State Council. Chief Sam Udekwe, the Chairman of NUJ, Enugu State Council, encouraged the new executive members to bring all members of the chapel along during the inauguration of the new chapel on Thursday in Enugu. Udekwe counselled them to make sure chapel members adhere to the principles of objectivity and honesty, which the council upholds as members of the journalism community.
He said, “This chapel will continue to grow. This is a very promising chapel. You have your council membership now, I want to assure you that more members will continue to come.
“You know what it takes to be qualified to be a member. It is not open to just anybody. It is not open to all bloggers, that is why we say it is Corporate Online Chapel. It is for online practitioners that are journalists.
“There are online publishers that are not journalists. So we want you to make a difference and show the society that there are online practitioners, the ones that are members of the NUJ,” he said.
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He charged the executives to take care of their members in line with the tenets of the NUJ profession, adding “you must strive to maintain peace between yourself and other members of the NUJ council”.
In response, Chief Clinton Umeh, the Chairman of the newly established Corporate Online Chapel, expressed gratitude to Chief Chris Isiguzo, the National President of the NUJ, for approving the new chapel’s construction.
Umeh assured that members of the chapel would live up to expectations, adding: “We will work in accordance with the NUJ Constitution.”
The recently appointed executive members included of Chief Odomero Igbodo of Dome TV serving as Secretary and Sir Jonathan Ikechukwu of First News serving as Vice-Chairman. The others are: Mr. Emmanuel Terwase (Afriquecast) as Financial Secretary; Dr. Sebastine Okafor (Journalist 101) as Internal Auditor; Dame Maureen Ikpeama (Newsline Global) as Treasurer; and Sir Christian Nwangene (Aproko Republic) as Assistant Secretary. Dame Ifeoma Amuta, the Council Secretary, and Amb. Regis Anikworji, the Vice Chairman of NUJ, were among the attendees at the ceremony.
