Tina Amanda
The Rivers State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has postponed its election.
A new date, however, is yet to be fixed for the exercise which is expected to produce new executives of the NUJ in Rivers state.
The exercise, which was expected to hold yesterday, was postponed after a controversy broke out during the 7th Triennial Delegate Conference in Port Harcourt.
It took the intervention of the Rivers state commissioner of police, Friday Eboka to quell the controversy which led to the decision to shift the exercise to a new date.
According to a communique issued by the credential committee led by Victor Tew, the National leadership of the NUJ, has directed that “status quo ” before the dissolution of the current exco led by Stanley Job be maintained.
The statement said the South south Zonal president of the NUJ, Edward Ogude who dissolved the exco was not mandated by the National President Chris Ishiguzo and that all the actions taken by him during 7th Triennial Delegate Conference are ” null and void”.
