VON DIRECTOR ELECTED NEW LAGOS NUJ CHAIRMAN

In his acceptance speech, Akinremi described the victory as a defining moment in the history of the council,and also appreciated elders of the profession who contributed immensely to the success of the election.

He equally praised the immediate past leadership of the council for its efforts in the last two terms.

The new Lagos NUJ boss assured members that there would be no victimization of any sort, emphasising  that he would run an all inclusive administration that would give everyone a sense of belonging.

“Tonight is not a night of speeches, I thank the Almighty God for this day, I also thank the elders of this great profession and I commend the leaders at the national and state levels, especially the immediate past executives’,he said.

‘I want to assure everyone that there shall be no victimization, we will run an open door administration, we do not have monopoly of knowledge and I want to assert that we are all winners in this election, God willing’,Akinreti stated.

‘I will serve you assiduously as I have promised and I will open my arms to everyone because we all have a common goal, which is to move Lagos NUJ forward,”he said.

Speaking further, Akinreti encouraged all those with differences to bury the hatchet and come together as one big family.

“We might have offended ourselves in the course of our electioneering, I want us to put that behind us and move on,” he added.

However, immediate former Chairman of the council, Mr Deji Elumoye in his own remark, pledged that he would make himself available whenever clarification was sought from his administration.

“In case you (present Executives) want to ask any question about what we have done in the last six years, my doors are open, even if I am out of the country, I will come back to answer you”‎,Elumoye said

The National President of NUJ, Alhaji Waheed Odusile,while speaking charged the newly sworn-in State Council Chairman to be the ‘father of all’ and unite all members.

“I welcome you to the club, you are the chairman now, you will begin to understand what it means to be a leader, you have nobody to blame for any of your shortcomings,”Odusile said.

He also reminded Nigerian journalists that the initiative of biometric registration and identity card had come to stay in the profession.

“Let me say it once again, biometrics has come stay, I urge you all to do the needful and ensure regular payment of your check-off dues,” he said.

Odusile also  enjoined all journalists in Lagos to join hands with the new Executives, to move the profession to an enviable height