NIJ Unveils Professional Members’ Flags, New Code of Ethics
The Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) has unveiled and hoisted flags of its professional bodies at the institute’s campus in Lagos.
The institute also unveiled new professional code of ethics for the journalism profession and media industry in Nigeria.
The flags unveiled and hoisted yesterday at the NIJ campus, included the Nigeria National Flag, the flags of the NIJ, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), and that of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE).
Other flags unveiled at the occasion were those of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
The principals of the respective professional bodies present unveiled their individual associations’ flags one after the other.
The Chairman of the NIJ Governing Council and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, hoisted the
Nigeria flag and that of the IPI, while the NIJ Provost, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, hoisted the institute’s flag.
The Deputy Chairman of NIJ and past President of NPAN, Chief Ray Ekpu, hoisted the NPAN flag, while the President of the NUJ, Mr. Chris Isiguzo, hoisted his association’s flag.
The President of NGE, Mr. Isa Mustapha hoisted NGE’s flag through his representative, Mr. Nkpandem James, and announced a N1million donation to the NIJ in support of the initiative.
The Registrar of APCON, Mr. Leke Fadolapo and the President of NIPR, Mallam Muktar Sirajo, also hoisted their respective associations’ flags.
Earlier in his remarks, Adefaye, said the hoisting of the flags symbolised the re-establishment of the connection the institute has with the professional groups within the industry.
“What we are doing here today is hoisting of the flags and commissioning the flags that our entrepreneurial students did.
“What is important about this for us is like re-establishing the connection with these professional groups within our industry,” he said.