Femi Adesina, Special Assistant to the president on Media
and Publicity, said President Muhammadu Buhari would continue with the mandates
of serving Nigeria and implementing policies for the betterment of the nation
until May 29, 2023.
Adesina stated this at the sideline of the 2022 Campus
Journalism Awards organized by Youths Digest in Abuja.
He said: “The mandate is for four years and those four years
do not lapse until May 29, till the very last day, governance will continue.
The president will continue to serve Nigeria.”
He also advised journalists, especially young students, to
adhere to the ethics of the profession and avoid being used to propagate
negative ills in society.
”If they strive to become ethical journalists, they can
never fail because ethics will guide them to stay on the positive part of the
profession.
” The profession has its positive and negative parts, there
are those who use journalism for all the things that are despicable.
“They pull down others; they do untrue stories, they
blackmail and all others. But if you are determined to become ethical
journalists, certainly not even the sky is your limit, you will go as far as
you can in the profession. So I will advise our young journalists to take
ethics seriously,” he said.
Also, Malam Mannir Dan-Ali, Director, Media Trust Limited,
Publishers of Daily Trust Newspaper, encouraged young journalists to contribute
meaningfully towards developing the nation.
Dan-Ali also advised them to continue to highlight reports
that would build the nation and unite the country.
On his part, Mr. Gidado Shuaibu, Executive Director of the
Youths Digest, said the annual award started in 2019 to encourage youths to
engage in journalism as a profession and work within ethics.
”The whole point of the Campus Journalism Awards is to pick
out those doing well in journalism. Everybody now is a journalist, using the
social media platform.
“But what we are doing now is to pick out those who are
acting professionally, recognize and award them. This is what we do every year
and we will continue to do it,” he said.
On her part, Miss Chinalurumogu Eze, overall winner of the
2022 campus Journalist, said the award would encourage her and others to
perform well in the profession.
“You have to keep putting yourself out there as a
journalist, you have to wait for the certificate before you start practicing.
“Being a campus journalist means you have to practice
professionally, your portfolio becomes bigger and when you apply for bigger
opportunities you will get it by putting your content out there,” she said.
Other highlights were the conferment of awards for different
categories such as the Campus Journalist Of the Year, Broadcaster of the Year,
and Upcoming Writer of the year.
Others are best investigative reporter, best entertainment
report, author of the year, sport news of the year, editor of the year, pen
club of the year, amongst others.
Contestants were drawn from various higher institutions
nationwide.
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