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Ogun Govt. Mourns Former NUJ Chairman, Says Death Rude Shock

By Web News 914

Ogun State Government has commiserated with the family of Comrade Olusoji Samson Amosu the Chairman of the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who died on Sunday.

In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, Amosu’s death was described as a rude shock.

According to the statement, the sudden death of the Ogun NUJ chairman in the early hours of Sunday shook the entire state.

Odusile, who described Amosu as a quintessential journalist and humble person, noted that he as the NUJ chairman had a robust official and personal relationship with the state government.

He added that the late chairman also ensured synergy between the Ogun State government and journalists in the state.

While praying God should give his family fortitude to bear the irreparable loss, Alhaji Odusile equally prayed Amosu’s soul find repose in the bosom of the Lord.

“Ogun State wishes to commiserate with the family of Comrade Olusoji Samson Amosu the Chairman of the Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over his death”.

“The state government equally expresses its deep condolences to the entire members of the Ogun NUJ, over this sad occurrence”.

“The death of the chairman on Sunday morning was received with a rude shock and his sudden demise shook the entire state”.

“Amosu, as the NUJ chairman had a robust official and personal relationship with the state government, and ensured a synergy between the Ogun State government and journalists in the state”.

“Our hearts, however, go out to his immediate family he left behind, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) where he was a deputy director until his demise and the entire Ogun NUJ family”.

“We pray God to give his family fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. We also pray that his soul finds repose in the bosom of the Lord”.

“Soji Amosu, rest on,” the statement surmised.

Agriculture

FUNAAB VC Calls for Increased Focus on Agriculture

By Web News 882

The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, FUNAAB, Abeokuta, Professor Kolawole Salako has renewed the call on governments at all levels to pay urgent attention to agriculture in view of the dwindling in the prices of oil at the global market.

Professor Salako made the call while handing over some agricultural products of the institution to the Ogun State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Abeokuta.

The Vice-Chancellor noted that an agriculture-based economy will assist in solving the problems of high unemployment, rising inflation, wide income inequality, high poverty level and the high level of insecurity facing the nation.

Some of the journalists at the event

Professor Salako warned that for a country like Nigeria that had over the years relied almost entirely on oil to fund its economy, the implications of the sharp fall in the price of crude oil occasioned by the effects of Coronavirus are dire.

He said the current government needed to aggressively focus on food production and adopt the farming settlements of the 1950s.

The don who noted that the institution had commenced intensive production of cassava, rice and livestock in readiness for the post-Covid-19 situation said the revival of the farm settlements across the country was important at this period of time.

Professor Salako said the distribution of the food items to journalists in the state was part of the efforts of the institution to cushion the effect of the global pandemic on members of the pen profession.

Similarly, the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Mrs. Alaba Lawson also donated nose masks to Union.

Mrs Lawson said nose masks was part of her efforts to support the vulnerable and the media practitioners who may be exposed to danger while discharging their duty. 

Receiving the items, the NUJ caretaker chairman, Mrs. Omolola Adeyinka thanked the donors for their gesture and implored other well-meaning individuals to emulate FUNAAB and Iyalode Lawson in reaching out to journalists.

Olusegun Folarin