An Osun State based Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis
of Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has expressed condemnation on the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), Mr. Waheed Odusile, over the annulment of free, fair ,credible and generally acceptable recently conducted Osun Council
NUJ's election.
In the election, Comrade Abiodun Olalere of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation(OSBC) and Comrade Boladale Bamigbola of the National Mirror Newspapers emerged Chairman and Secretary of the Union respectively.
The group also disclosed that the annulment of Osun NUJ election was replicating of the annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election
won by late business mogul, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, without any concrete justification by the then anti-democratic forces led by General Ibrahim Babangida, saying that the people of Osun State
rejected the action of the Union National body under Odusile watch.
This was contained in an online statement issued and signed by the CSCEOS' Chairman,
Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman , which a copy was made available to
newsmen Wednesday.
Sulaimon insisted that the Union national body action was unacceptable to the good people of Osun State, maintaining that the annulment was done in bad faith and political.
He said, "It was unacceptable to annul the recently conducted
Osun State Council of NUJ election which devoid of acrimony among the
contestants and stakeholders, during the electioneering process. This is high time politicians in the country,
particularly, in Osun State, knew that most of the associations and
unions had free from their political bondage in order to restore their
lost glory."
Comrade Sulaiman described the annulment as unconstitutional,
undemocratic, evil, anti-journalists, ungodly, aberration, anathema
and action against media profession and humanity, calling on the
lovers of noble profession to come out and condemned the barbaric act
of Odusile led -National Union of Journalists(NUJ).
He then warned the national body of the union to reverse its illegal
action on the Council Union election in Osun State by upholding the
election, urging those who wrote frivolous petition against the Union
peaceful, credible, free, fair and transparent election to withdraw
their alleged petition so as to allow the peace to reign in the
respected noble profession by accepting the outcome of the election
with the spirit of sportsmanship.
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
0 comments:
Post a Comment