Kano Correspondents Chapel Hosts Senior Colleagues, Others To Tea Break
By Abdullahi Yusuf
The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ),Kano State Council,on Sunday hosted Senior Colleagues in Journalism and friends of the profession to a Tea Break to strengthen relationships between the chapel and the invitees.
Fully sponsored by Associate Professor Suleiman Ya’u Sule of the Faculty of Mass Communication,Bayero University,Kano(BUK),the Tea Break held at the NUJ press centre,Kano.
Chairman of the chapel, Alhaji Murtala Adewale,in his remarks, said the Tea Break was initiated for members of the chapel to relax and unwind after their reportorial rigours.
Adewale also stated that the Initiative was aimed at socializing and strengthening relationships with prominent members of the society, including Senior journalists.
He said the chapel would continue to invite notable members of the public to feature at the Tea Break to “ventilate” their views on various newsworthy issues for members of the chapel to disseminate.
He then disclosed that under his leadership,the chapel would continue to unite its members and carry all of them along in its activities for the progress and development of all.
He said the new leadership under his watch had embarked on programmes aimed at transforming the chapel,including the rehabilitation and renovation of its toilets, provision of 5G Router Internet facility and DSTV satellite facility.
He commended Associate Professor Suleiman Ya’u Sule,a two-time Director of Press at the Government House,Kano,for funding the maiden edition of the programme.
In his address,Prof.Ya’u described the Tea Break as a beautiful idea that would enable members of the chapel to relax from the pressure of journalistic work.
He said the initiative would also make the journalists socialize and fratanize among themselves and with friends of the profession.
“This gathering is a beautiful idea because its essence is to enable our colleagues to relax and unwind because of the pressure of our kind of work.It will also help us to socialize and fratanize,” he said.
The Don congratulated the chapel for coming up with the initiative and urged the leadership to sustain it.
In his speech at the occasion,the immediate-past Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs in the State, Malam Baba Halilu Dantiye, expressed delight at initiative.
Dantiye also commended the chapel’s leadership for the Tea Break idea and pledged his continued support for the progress and development of the chapel.
The Tea Break which featured roasted ram meat,cakes and various brands of tea, among other cuisines, was graced by the Press Secretary to the State Deputy Governor and Chairman of Prime Time News Publications, Kano,Alhaji Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu.
It was also attended by the immediate-past Chairman of the state Council of the NUJ, Comrade Abbas Ibrahim,and the council’s incumbent Vice Chairman,Malam Mustapha Gambo, among others.