{"id":57393,"date":"2024-11-30T15:08:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57393"},"modified":"2024-11-30T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:08:46","slug":"president-tinubu-hails-new-nuj-president-yahaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/30\/president-tinubu-hails-new-nuj-president-yahaya\/","title":{"rendered":"President Tinubu Hails New NUJ President, Yahaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Alhassan Yahaya on his election as the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) during the 8th Triennial National Delegates Conference held on November 27, 2024, in Owerri, Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also commended the other newly elected members of the NUJ executive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The President lauded the union for conducting a peaceful and transparent election, urging other unions to emulate this exemplary process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He described Yahaya&#8217;s victory as a reflection of the confidence NUJ members have in his leadership capabilities, highlighting Yahaya\u2019s extensive experience, particularly as the former deputy president of the union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu underscored the vital role of the press in nation-building, urging the NUJ to embrace its constitutional responsibilities with renewed patriotism in line with the ideals of Nigeria&#8217;s journalism pioneers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged the new leadership to tackle malpractices within the industry and uphold the ethics of the profession.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming his administration&#8217;s commitment to a free and independent press, Tinubu emphasized its importance in strengthening democracy and advancing national development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that Yahaya\u2019s tenure would foster ethical journalism and a constructive partnership between the media and the government to create a fairer and more equitable society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; President Bola Tinubu has extended his congratulations to Alhassan Yahaya on his election as the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) during the 8th Triennial National Delegates Conference held on November 27, 2024, in Owerri, Imo State. &nbsp; Tinubu also commended the other newly elected members of the NUJ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57395,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57393\/revisions\/57395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}