The Zamfara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has called on the State government to support members of association, particularly in promoting training.
The NUJ State Chairman, Abdulrazaq Bello, made the appeal while receiving the Commissioner of Information and Culture during a courtesy visit to the Press Centre, in Gusau,
He added journalists needed to be trained and re-trained to be updated with modern techniques of the profession, in order to contribute their quuota to the State’s development.
Bello observed that only when journalists were well trained and equipped with all necessary materials that development in journalism could be achieved in the State, and country at large.
On his part, the Commissioner of Information and Culture, Suleman Tunau, said he would extend a hand of fellowship to the union. He laso noted that the ministry would continue to collaborate with the association in the area of information dissemination so as to move the State forward.
