The President Peace Revival Foundation of Nigeria, Pastor Yohanna Buru has lauded the role of the media, particularly Journalists in Kaduna in Peace building.
Speaking at 2022 New Year Get Together at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Kaduna State Secretariat Saturday, Buru maintained that without journalists he won’t have been able to preach the message of Peace which had attracted global attention.
My appointment in the United Nations is because of the support I enjoyed from the Media in Kaduna, he said.
Pastor Bury explained that the purpose of the annual lunch which he organised, the 8th in the series, was to acknowledge the contributions of journalists to peace in Nigeria and beyond stressing that journalists deserve all the honor.
“The new leadership of NUJ under Hajia Asma’u Yawo Halilu is doing a good work and I can see the clear difference, the environment is looking good just within these few days in office.” Buru added.
Also speaking, an Islamic Cleric, Rabo Abdullahi hailed journalists for leading the path of Peace in Nigeria, praying Almighty Allah to bless the Media with the grace to continue Peace building in the country.
On his part, former Chairman of NUJ Kaduna Council and one time acting National President of NUJ, Comrade Andrew Fadason thanked God for having the first female Chairman of the Council in Kaduna.
Fadason called on all and sundry to continuously pray for the bond of the media irrespective of their faith stressing that Nigerians must be blind to religion for the progress of the nation.
In her remark, Hajiya Asma’u Yawo Halilu, the first female Chairman of the Kaduna State Council of the NUJ, assured stakeholders of her resolve to ensure factual and balance reportage geared towards promoting peace.
She was of the strong belief that without peace, no development could be achieved.
The Get together was graced by veterans including Alhaji Sani Malunfashi, Dr Wahab Page, John Aduku, Joseph Edegbo, State Chairperson of NAWOJ Hajia Fatima Aliyu, representatives of CSOs, NGOs, professional bodies, traditional title holders from within and outside Kaduna including the Sarkin Yamman Potiskum, Alhaji Gidado Ibrahim.
