{"id":123056,"date":"2021-12-20T07:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=123056"},"modified":"2021-12-20T07:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:45:34","slug":"avoid-politics-of-destruction-nuj-nge-warn-politicians-ahead-of-2023-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/20\/avoid-politics-of-destruction-nuj-nge-warn-politicians-ahead-of-2023-election\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Avoid politics of destruction&#8217; &#8211; NUJ, NGE warn politicians ahead of 2023 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians have been warned by the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) against politics of destruction ahead of the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The warning was given by the unions on Sunday in Lagos at an\u00a0investiture\u00a0 by the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) in honour of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi.<\/p>\n<p>The NUJ National President, Chief Chris Isiguzo and the President, NGE, Mr Mustapha Isa, particularly commended Bello, for turning the security situation in Kogi around for good.<\/p>\n<p>They stressed that those bent on undermining winning strategies to score political points should not play with the lives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/19\/nigerians-in-ghana-reportedly-forced-to-pay-100-per-night-to-isolate-with-no-food-after-contracting-covid\/\">Nigerians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NUJ president said:\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWhen you talk about security, you talk about\u00a0 Kogi\u00a0 governor.\u00a0 I know what the security situation used to be before Bello came on board in Kogi, and I know what it is now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to use this opportunity to appeal to our political actors, we don\u2019t need to destroy the country because of politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u00a0 appears that some political actors want to puncture the strides of the governor in this area, knowing\u00a0 what is coming up in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have only one country we can call our own, that is Nigeria. We have had leaders in the past, they have come and gone, if they had destroyed\u00a0 the country, there would\u00a0 be no Nigeria today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isiguzo\u00a0 said that\u00a0 Bello was doing wonderfully well in the area of security, stressing that politicians should not undermine his strategy all in the name of politics.<\/p>\n<p>He said the honour for Bello as the patron of CRAN was very apt, noting that he had brought the political touch to clean up the security system.<\/p>\n<p>The NUJ president, however,\u00a0 said the plan by the union to cancel beat associations would\u00a0 be reviewed, in view of the good performance and successes\u00a0 recorded by CRAN.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the NGE president said:\u00a0 \u201cWe should not mix politics with the issue of security. When we talk about the security challenges\u00a0 in the country, some governors join us in lamenting, they run to Abuja looking for support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you ask them, they tell you they are not responsible. So why do they collect security votes monthly? One of those who do not lament, but tackle the menace headlong is Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why he is being honoured today by CRAN. So, I tell our politicians, never mix politics with security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should support those getting it right like the Kogi governor to continue in that line, and also learn from them, not do everything to puncture our gains at the expense of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He commended CRAN for recognising\u00a0 Bello for the investiture as the first governor to be made CRAN patron, describing it as the best choice.<\/p>\n<p>CRAN President, Mr Sunday Odita explained that Bello was chosen as one of the association\u2019s patrons because he attached so much importance to security in his state.<\/p>\n<p>Odital said\u00a0 the honour for Bello was to show appreciation to him for being the first governor in Nigeria to train crime reporters and also empowered them to perform their roles better.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that from reports around the country, Kogi remained the safest in the North ,\u00a0 and one of the safest today in Nigeria, owing to the sound security strategies of the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, Bello said the state had responded promptly and successfully to some pockets of violence, noting that an announcement would be made on the issue very soon.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who was represented at the event by his Security Adviser,\u00a0 retired Cdr. Jerry Omodara, said his administration\u00a0 would continue to\u00a0 improve on the security situation in\u00a0 Kogi,\u00a0 assuring that the government had zero tolerance for banditry and would not give space for it.<\/p>\n<p>Bello\u00a0 thanked CRAN for the special recognition, assuring that his administration would do more.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NUJ president, presented the investiture plaque to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that about 80 journalists, including CRAN members, Lagos Council NUJ Chairman, Mr Adeleye Ajayi, the Council Vice Chairman, Mrs Abiola Beckley attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians have been warned by the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) against politics of destruction ahead of the 2023 general elections. 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