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Do Not Disappoint The Public – NUJ VP Tells Journalists

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Vice-President, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), South West Zone, Mrs Ronke Samo has urged media professionals to ensure that trustworthiness becomes the hallmark of their job in every facet they find themselves.


Mrs Samo stated this in a release issued in Ado Ekiti to commemorate this year’s World Radio Day.

Samo’s statement reads in part:  “Trust itself is a virtue and it is very rare to find a trustworthy fellow. But with the nature of our job, trust is central, especially given the fact that the public trusts us as Reporters. ,”She added.


“We must therefore ensure that we do not disappoint the public who repose such absolute confidence in us. We must therefore, also stay clear of fake news. And we should ensure that we represent the truth in whatever information we disseminate.


” Radio is regarded as the most accessible medium of mass communication to the public because of its cheap and very wide accessibility to the grassroots and this elicits the trust the public has in this medium of mass communication.

/Morenike Tony-Esan

Technology

Covid-19: RATTAWU Urges Stakeholders to Utilize Advantage of Radio

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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark Radio Day, relevant authorities in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic have been urged to take advantage of the wide coverage of Radio to curb the rising tide of the new variant of the virus

This is contained in a statement issued by the National President of Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union, RATTAWU, Dr. Kabir Tsanni, in commemoration of 2021 World Radio Day.

Dr Tsanni, who described radio as the as a low-cost medium, specifically suited to reaching remote communities and vulnerable people, said pre-cautionary protocols on Covid 19 as established by World Health Organization could reach as many people as possible and in their own languages. 

While speaking on the theme for this year “New World, New Radio”, the RATTAWU national president said it reflected the realities of the new normal that the world was facing as a result of Covid-I9. 

Mosope Kehinde