By Nosa Ekhator.
The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Edo State council, Benin City, has described one of its former council chairmen, OTUNBA MIKE ALADENIKA, as a Leader worthy of emulation, whom they said committed a greater part of his energies to making the union stand on it current economic feat.
Addressing guests at the well-attended awards ceremony in Benin city, the Chairman of Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), Edo State Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe said "although Otunba Mike Aladenika was the 13th Chairman of the council, he could simply be described as the father of today's EDO NUJ."
"Before Otunba, the council could simply be said to have not gotten any viable means of revenue generation but with his investment in properties for us, today we know how much our union rakes in annually.
Comrade Alenkhe then told Otunba Mike Aladenika that the union is happy with him and would continue to tap from his wealth of experience whenever the need arises.
In his acceptance speech, Otunba Mike Aladenika, who was NUJ CHAIRMAN, Edo state council(2006-2009) expressed his appreciation for the honor, stressing that, " whatever I may have done while serving as chairman of this council, I did with utmost good mind not knowing that people are taking note of it.
"I appreciate that my service to this union did not go unnoticed. I wish to state here that I am still committed to service even when out of office".
While in a chat with journalists after the award ceremony, Otunba Mike Aladenika said " in the year 2023, my family, friends, associates and I will be training 13 journalists in the act of fact checking.
"The journalists to be such trained will be drawn from all the chapels in the state. It is also sufficient to know that there are plans to provide some working tools to all participants at the end of the training"
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