Musa Mohammed Emerges President of Northern Online Media Group
…Urges Members to Take Over Social Media, Fight Fake News
By Our Correspondent
A Northern based media group under aegis of Northern Online Media Group, made up of Reporters and Publishers on Saturday elected its National Executive Members.
The election, which was held at the Area House in Kaduna, was supervised by the Electoral Committee set up by the Union.
Comrade Musa Mohammed from Kaduna State emerged as the new Executive National President in a keenly contested election.
He polled 287 votes to defeat his main challenger, Comrade Lynn Adda, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ in Taraba state, who got 138 votes.
Comrade Femi Adi from Kogi State emerged as the Executive National Secretary with 210 votes.
He defeated Comrade Rayyan Al-Hassan who polled 207 votes.
By the constitution of the Union, the Deputy National President and National Assistant Secretary are reserved for persons who come second positions in the election of the President and Secretary.
Based on the constitutional provisions, Comrade Lynn Adda and Comrade Rayyan Al-Hassan automatically emerged as Deputy National President and National Assistant Secretary accordingly.
Others who emerged unopposed are Comrade Zaharaddeen Ishaq Zailani – National Financial secretary; Comrade Abraham Suleman – Asst. National Financial Secretary, and Comrade Abbas Yusha’u – National Treasurer.
In his acceptance speech, Comrade Musa Mohammed urged members of group across the 19 northern states to take advantage of the social media platforms to fight fake news and promote good governance.
Musa Mohammed popularly known as Moonlight
According to him, the social media platforms can only become sources of reliable information dissemination, when professional journalists take over and use them professionally.
” Our greatest headache is the citizens journalist problem, where anyone can post anything online without verifying the source or authenticating such stories .
“But the good thing is that the professional journalists are taking over now .” He said .
While urging members to work within the ethics of the profession, he expressed his commitment to ensuring unity and progress of the Union within the three years term of office.
He however ,thanked the members who turned out for election and prayed for their safe return to their various destinations.
