NUJ Inaugurates Committees On National Media Summit in Taraba
By Echo Express
The National Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has inaugurated Committees for the successful hosting of its National Media Summit schedule for Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
The National Media Summit which is organized by the National Secretariat of the NUJ in collaboration with the Taraba State Government, is expected to hold between the 17th and the 19th of November 2025.
About 200 Journalists, drawn from the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT will be converging in Taraba State for the National Summit.
Inaugurating the Local Organizing Committee and other sub-committees, the Vice President, Zone E, Mr Zare Baba who represented the NUJ National President, Alhassan Yahya, charged the Committee members to give their best for the success of the event.
Mr Zare Baba
“I have been directed by the National President to expeditiously constitute the Local Organizing Committee and the sub-committees that will handle the organization and conduct of the National Media Summit.
“It is in the light of this that you have been carefully selected based on your pedigree, based on your capacity, based on the stuff you have and the confidence the Union has in you to deliver on your various assignments.
“We carefully constituted an 11 member committee that has been appropriated to sub-committees.
“This is very instructive to all of us. We should take these assignments very seriously and treat them expeditiously because time is not on our side.
“Each sub-committee is required to swing into action and come up with your budgets and how you feel you can deliver on your assignments successfully without any hitch. Your budgets should be realistic, achievable as the case maybe.
“The success of this Summit from the beginning to the end, lies sorely on your shoulders. If it succeeds, the credit goes to you, and if it fails, the blame goes to you.
“This is a call to duty. As you are Inaugurated today, just swing into action. In the next one or two days we expect nothing but your budgets and that budget will be transmitted to the National Secretariat for scrutiny and all funds will be made available immediately.
“You are also at liberty to co-opt any member that you feel can contribute effectively to the success of this assignment.
The Chairman of the Council, Matthew Eliud Jen had earlier welcomed the members to the inaugural meeting, stressing the commitment of the Council towards hosting a successful Summit.
Mr Matthew Eliud Jen
The main Local Organizing Committeee is to be supervised by the Zonal Vice President, Mr Zare Baba, and to be chaired the Chairman of the Taraba State Council, Mr Matthew Eliud Jen while a National Ex-Officio, Mr Lynn Adda will serve as the Secretary.
The Conference Sub-Committee has Waziri Abubakar Hardawa, the Zonal Secretary of the Zone as the Supervisor, Ado Adamu Also, Vice Chairman of the Taraba State Council as the Chairman of the Committee with Mr Justine Tyopusuu as the Secretary.
The Accommodation, Logistics and Transport Sub-Committee has Wole Ayodele as Chairman, Linda Adebayo and Williams Ayooso as members while Gabriel Yough is to serve as Secretary.
The Entertainment and Feeding Committee has Sarah Mudwa as Chairman, Linda Gwana as member and Apollos Dennis Gilenya as Secretary.
Responding on behalf of the Committee members, Mr Gabriel Yough who is the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, thanked the NUJ National President for the confidence reposed in the members.
Mr Gabriel Yough
He pledged that being the President’s zone, the Committee will do everything humanly possible to make the President proud through a robust organization.
