Breaking: Media Exploit As Ijaw Journalists Forum lnaugurates Delta Exco, Kings, Gillor, Opukeme, Prinewill, Ayabotu, Kagbala Emerges Members Of Interim Committee

Breaking: Media Exploit As Ijaw Journalists Forum lnaugurates Delta Exco, Kings, Gillor, Opukeme, Prinewill, Ayabotu, Kagbala Emerges Members Of Interim Committee

Francis Tayor

Warri____ Ijaw journalists Forum ( IJF) Delta State Chapter has formally inaugurated its interim executive to pilot the affairs of Ijaw practising journalists in the state.

Delivering his acceptance speech, the newly inaugurated IJF lnterim Committee Chairman, Hon. Kings Kofa, a veteran journalist and staff of Daily Independent Newspaper, said" Ijaw Journalists Forum (IJF) is a body for all Ijaw practising journalists in Nigeria and diaspora. It is a forum to protect safety/welfare of journalists as well as seek for press freedom in a democratic society. Advocacy for media standard and against fake news.

He reiterated that IJF has a zero tolerance for bad governance and  multinationals ill operational policies in Niger Delta region which perpetually enslave the oil bearing communities in Niger Delta. Our goal is to use non-violent approach to agitate for equal rights, fairness and justice as expected in a free society."

He said IJF would collaborate with other bodies such as civil society groups, Nigerian Union of Journalists and the government to ensure peace, unity and justice reign in the country.

According to him, said; " The major task or challenge of IJF is to give adequate reporting of the Ijaw oil bearing communities in Niger Delta who have even raped, abused, marginalized and oppressed by both multinationals and successive governments of Nigeria over the years.
We will not wait for others to tell our story of under development amidst abundant oil and Gas resources and virtually live in abject poverty and wretchedness, he stated."

Members of the Interim Committee include; Hon. Kings Kofa, Chairman, Mr. Kelly Gillor, Vice Chairman, Mr. Cletus Opukeme, Secretary General, Amb. Princewill Yerin Binabai, Spokesman, Mr. Ebipade Ayabotu, Treasurer, and  Mr. Kagbala Ezekiel Ass. Secretary. Other members present at the maiden meeting include; Comrade. Oyinbi Onduku, Comrade. Mingo Monday and Comrade. Oluku Obed respectively.