Oyo HoS urges journalists to sensitise public on importance of election
The Oyo State Head of Service, Alhaja Ololade Agboola, has urged journalists to use their profession to sensitise the general public on importance of election as their civic rights.
Agboola made the plea on Tuesday at a Road Walk by members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Information Chapel (NUJIC), to mark the Chapel’s week.
She admonished members of the union to be good watchdogs and ensure that the information ditching out to the general public are truth.
Agboola also urged members of the NUJIC, who are civil servants, to imbibe the ethics of civil service and make the rules and regulations their guides.
“Always remember that for you to be a member of this chapel, you have to be a civil servant.
“Remember the ethics of the civil service in whatever you do, as this will guide your conduct everyday,” she said.
In his admonition, the Chapel Chairman, Mr Ismail Fasasi, urged journalists to be involved in regular physical exercise.
According to Fasasi, the Road Walk will keep members fit and enhance their performances while on duties.
“The essence of the Walk is to ensure that journalists are physically fit to carry on with their constitutional responsibilities.
“This is because, most times, journalists do not have time to exercise or go to hospital for medical checkup.
“They are so busy on the job, from morning to night; they are all over the places doing their work.
“So, we thought it wise to do the walk, which is a form of exercise to enhance physical fitness and healthy wellbeing,” he said.
In his remarks, state Chairman of NUJ, Mr Ademola Babalola, commended members of the chapel for being one of the best chapels in the state.
Babalola called on other chapels in the state to emulate the good works that the Fasasi led-administration has been doing in Information chapel.
He used the medium to appreciate all members in the Chapel for supporting his administration, pledging to continue to record more successes in the state.
The Road Walk took place within the premises of the state Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan.
Mr Oyesola Oyedele, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, led other Directors and Deputy Directors to participate in the Road Walk.
