By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Kogi state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) over the weekend called for the rehabilitation of major roads of Lokoja, the state capital to alleviate the suffering of commuters.
The call was contain in a Communiqué after the Congress of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ) Kogi state Council held at the Press Centre, Lokoja under the chairmanship of Comrade Adeiza Momohjimoh.
The Congress in session particularly called on the government to without delay commence the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Ganaja Junction to Ganaja Village , the Army Barrack to Zango on Lokoja Okene roads which have become a death trap to motorists and other road users.
It decried the state of the seven kilometres Ganaja Road which has claimed many lives due to motorists’ driving against traffic to evade deplorable portions of the road , adding that the relevant agencies such as Ferma, Kogroma, and ministry of works to be mobilised to site to rehabilitate the roads to save the residents and travellers the agonies they faced.
The immediate rehabilitation of these roads, according to the Communiqué has become expediently necessary in view of the impending flood in Kogi state which Ganaja area is prone to.
The Congress also acknowledge the government immense contributions to the upgrade and facelift of two major state owned media Houses- the Graphic and Radio Kogi , but appealed to him to provide working tools to the organisations to enable them to effectively discharge their mandate to the people.
It also called on the government to provide necessary tools for the graphic newspapers to meet her obligations to the people of the state. It called for support for the paper to be on the news stand regularly like other newspapers in the country.
The Congress solicited the cooperation of the law enforcement agencies to check the activities of fake journalists and those who claimed to be the media team of some political parties.
The Union appealed to the state government to check the activities of all revenue agents whose activities have constituted nightmare to motorists and other revenue paying people in the state.
