2023: Cross River APC guber candidate lauds NUJ’s  professionalism 

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state, Senator Bassey Otu, has lauded members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), for displaying high level of professionalism in reporting political activities in the state despite obvious socio-economic challenges.

He made the remarks when he visited the NUJ secretariat in Calabar, weekend, said the reasons for the visit was to thank journalists in the state for fair and objective reportage of political activities and avoiding the temptation of taking sides.

He said: “For the past few weeks, I had gone round the whole state to thank APC delegates for believing in me as well as thanking our royal fathers for their prayers. When I concluded the thank you tour yesterday at Odukpani, I told myself, I must also go the gentlemen of the press to thank them too.

“Let me thank you for displaying high level of professionalism and decorum in reporting Cross River amidst temptations to take sides. You are doing this despite the fact that you are among Nigerians whose take home package monthly is nothing to ride home about.

 “I will not forget to thank you for your contributions to democracy over the years. During the thank you tour, some of your members were churning out balanced news reports. Thank you very much for doing the job fairly, objectively and sacrificially.”