The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has pledged to support the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to enable the association achieve its objectives.
Yusuf, who made the disclosure during the NAWOJ National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Kano on Thursday, said that the major objective is fighting for equal rights for women and the girl-child.
Yusuf, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Shehu Sagagi, expressed profound respect for women in journalism.
He commended the efforts of female media practitioners across the country.
He assured NAWOJ members of his support, and said that the state government would always support them to achieve their aims and objectives.
Also speaking, the Chairman, Anti-corruption of Kano State, Alhaji Muhyi Gado, said that corruption was really affecting the progress of nation building.
Gado urged Nigerians to stop engaging in corrupt practice for better development.
A Professor of Linguistics, Bayero University Kano, Prof. Mukhtar Yahaya, presented a paper titled, “Women Journalists as veritable instruments for promoting national cohesion, security and development”.
Yahaya commended the efforts of the female journalists for fighting in the course of gender equality which had encouraged more female into the profession.
He urged the state governor to provide suitable secretariat, vehicles and other things needed for NAWOJ to achieve more success in their duties.
The Chairperson of NAWOJ, Hajia Aisha Ibrahim, said that NAWOJ had been striving to improve the professional growth of members, to give them springboards to hone their skills and expand their networks through media enterprise.
Ibrahim said that the executive had been training and retraining members across geopolitical divides with the support of NGO partners like ActionAid.
