The call is in a communique signed by the association’s National President, Ifeyinwa Omowole, issued at the end of a one-day workshop to mark “NAWOJ at 30” in Abuja.
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Omowole threw the challenge in Bauchi on Thursday at the opening of a two- day training for women journalists, with the theme “Equity, safety and gender-sensitive reporting”, organised by the National Secretariat of NAWOJ, in collaboration with Norwegian Union of Journalists and NAWOJ, Bauchi chapter.
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists said on Tuesday it would partner the Nigerian Army in peace building process in the North East as normalcy gradually returns to the zone.
An employee of the Lagos State Government, Adeola Taibat Ekine, has emerged winner of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Lagos State Chapter election held at the Multipurpose Hall of the Eko FM/Radio Lagos on Thursday.
The Nigerian Association of Women Journalist has been urged to help create more sensitisation to shun violence against women to enable women exercise their right to vote and be voted for in the forthcoming 2019 elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the women who wore black attires were chantting songs and carrying placards with various inscriptions.
The position of NAWOJ was stated by its President, Ifeanyi Omowole, on Thursday at the opening of a workshop, with the theme: “Applying innovative and proven approaches to scale up infant and young child feeding practices in Nigeria.”
Yusuf told officials of the state council of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists who visited his office on Monday in Bauchi that the money was disbursed from 2016 to date.
Sabi made the remark at the inauguration of the new executive committee of the Kwara Chapter of the National Association of Women Journalists in Ilorin.
Odusile spoke while inaugurating the seven-man committee, explaining that the interest of NUJ is to ensure justice for all and that the NUJ will not shield anybody who is found to have erred.
Ifeyinwa Omowole, the President of NAWOJ, made this known at the sideline of the North-Central Zonal Workshop organised by the European Centre for Electoral Support with support of the European Union on Wednesday in Abuja.
Jenifer Yerima, the Chairperson of NAWOJ, Plateau Chapter, restated its position in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Jos.
“Even if the sacked staff officially belong to our union or not, the union would still stand for them.’’
Bossey, two time Vice Chairman of the Edo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, defeated the incumbent, Amina Ebor of Edo Broadcasting Service, in Benin on Monday
Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality in the developing world. Over 90 per cent of the death are avoidable. Nigeria accounts for 10 per cent of the global estimate of maternal mortality. Many women and children die in Nigeria when compared to most other countries of the world with about 53,000 women dying every year. That means one woman dies every 10 minutes (2011 NDHS)
“If the Constitution could be amended to accommodate political issues, then the 8th National Assembly can amend the Constitution to accommodate women who are their mothers, wives, sisters and their daughters.”
The conference is billed to hold between May 16 and 18, the association said in a statement issued by Iyabode Ogunjuyigbe, the Head of Logistics and Protocol
A statement signed by Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu (Chairman) and Uchechukwu Akinobi (Secretary) of NAWOJ, Lagos State chapter said “Olejeme is slated to be given special recognition for her philanthropy through the You and I Foundation, which has set a new paradigm in social and humanitarian activism in Nigeria as well as her accomplishments in NSITF and other institutions in Nigeria and abroad”
Nahaya was in Minna to inaugurate the newly-elected executive members of NAWOJ in the state when a man (name withheld) said he was instructed by the state Chairman of the NUJ, Iliya Garba, to ask everybody out of the secretariat