NUJ congratulates governor Abba Kabir, urges him to strengthen relations with media

Kano council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has congratulated Abba Kabir Yusuf for assuming duty as Governor of Kano state.

The Union also calls on the governor to strengthen his relationship with the media through improved access to information.

In a communique issued at the end of it’s monthly congress meeting, the Union also called on Government and other stakeholders to provide ways and means to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy withdrawal on the public.

The communique signed by the chairman drafting committee Bala Nasir and Abdulmumin Murtala, Secretary as well as Musbahu Aminu Yakasai member, advised communities to clear drainages and desist from the act of indiscriminate dumping of refuse to forestall any impending flood.

The statement urged concerned authorities to check the menace of underaged persons driving vehicles in the state.

They also commended the constitution of mobile courts for sentencing phone robbers to imprisonment without options of fines

”As the Eid-el-Kabir approaches, excesses and other immoral activities engaged by youth in gala centers should be checked.

”’Congress notes the reactivation of streetlights around the city by the government”