NUJ, NIPR Partner To tackle Quackery, Strengthen Professionalism
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) have renewed strong collaboration to fight quackery, misconduct and unethical behaviour in both professions.
The duo said the prevailing situation in the country, would need professionals in perception management to be able to keep the country united while facts are promoted.
They said this, on Wednesday, when the latter paid a courtesy call to the president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Chris Isiguzo, and lamented the many unethical and unprofessional conducts of journalists and public relations persons, exposing their lack of capacity for their respective roles to build the society.
The national president of NIPR, Mukhtar Sirajo said his mission to the national headquarters of the union was to canvass support and partnership to fight unprofessionalism and birth a new narrative of perception of the Nigerian state.
He pointed out that the NIPR may be forced to publish names of nonmembers who are doing the job illegally where they fail to respond to the opportunity the association has created for them to regularise their membership and gain sound professional training.
According to Sirajo: “We have taken our advocacy to various agencies and various governmental spokespeople, who by law are not qualified to practice the profession.
They said this, on Wednesday, when the latter paid a courtesy call to the president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Chris Isiguzo, and lamented the many unethical and unprofessional conducts of journalists and public relations persons, exposing their lack of capacity for their respective roles to build the society.
The national president of NIPR, Mukhtar Sirajo said his mission to the national headquarters of the union was to canvass support and partnership to fight unprofessionalism and birth a new narrative of perception of the Nigerian state.
He pointed out that the NIPR may be forced to publish names of nonmembers who are doing the job illegally where they fail to respond to the opportunity the association has created for them to regularise their membership and gain sound professional training.
According to Sirajo: “We have taken our advocacy to various agencies and various governmental spokespeople, who by law are not qualified to practice the profession.
“We have tried to reach out to them, letting them know that we are not out to embarrass anybody but if it gets to that we have a job to do.
“We’re going to have to do it but then as relationship builders we have to ensure that we will do all that we can not to rupture the relationship except if it becomes inevitably necessary,” Sirajo stated.
He continued that “I want to say here that we have already compiled a very long list of people that are not practicing public relations
delegation from NIPR led by its president, Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo visited the NUJ National Secretariat on Wednesday in Abuja.
