NUJ Inaugurates OSUN DEFENDER Chapel’s New Excos

Ayomide Adeyemo

THE Nigeria Union of Journalists, State of Osun Council, on Wednesday, inaugurated new execu ves of Osun Defender Chapel of the union.

The inaugura on took place a er an elecon that produced Yusuf Oketola as Chairman, Kazeem Badmus as Secretary, Sodiq Yusuf as Vice Chairman and Zainab Olalere as Treasurer.

In his speech, the State Chairman of the union, Comrade Wasiu Ajadosu, admonished the new execu ves to consider their emergence as a call to duty, calling on them to work towards the unity of the chapel.

Ajadosu appealed to the execu ves and other members of Osun Defender chapel to always par cipate in the ac vies of the union, saying it is important for the progress of the union.

According to Ajadosu, payment of dues and a ending congresses is very important for the new execu ves, admonishing them to contribute to the development of the union.

He said, “I want to admonish the new ex- ecu ves to be up and doing. There is a lot to do and I believe you are capable.

“It is very important for you to par cipate in all NUJ ac vi es. Payment of dues and attending congresses is very important. We must work together to move the council forward”.

Administering the oath of office for the new execu ves, the State NUJ Secretary, Adeyemi Aboderin, urged the newly inaugurated Osun Defender’s chapel officers to abide by the laws governing the union.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Deputy Editor of OSUN DEFENDER Newspaper, Mr Ismaeel Uthman, appreciated the NUJ execu ves for their friendly rela onship with the chapel, promising that the new execu ve will live up to expecta on.

In his remarks, the newly Chairman, Mr Yusuf Oketola, appreciated members of the Osun Defender chapel for coun ng him worthy of leading them.

He assured the state NUJ execu ve of ac ve par cipa ons of the chapel members.

IT is not only in Nigeria that the health sector is in dishevelment.

In many countries, finding a sustainable health system is now the issue of the moment. This week for example has seen crippling strikes in the United Kingdom’s widely admired Na onal Health Service (NHS) which is correctly the pride of that country. It is the biggest disrup on since the NHS was created in nineteen-fortyseven. Ironically, the Bri sh Government in the same week issued a statement that it will no longer encourage Nigerian doctors from coming to the UK. The sincerity of this declara on will be tested in the months ahead.

The issues in Nigeria and the UK bear similari es and could be interwoven. The key issue is funding as well as the sustainability of the model. It takes commitment and poli cal will to get to the root cause of the crises.

The response ma ers. In Nigeria, the A’s of now a parliamentary response is muddled up and, on the surface, it appears to be conten ous. As of now, there is a bill working its way through the na onal bill aimed at stemming the ou low of medical doctors. If the bill becomes law, new medical doctors will not get their final