NUJ vows to resist any attempt to truncate Nigerian democracy

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, said it will use every available means to resist any attempt to truncate democracy in Nigeria.

The union said that democracy had come to stay in Nigeria and would use all legitimate means available to members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm to defend the democratic structure in the country.

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Abdulwaheed Odusile, made the declaration in Kaduna, Wednesday at the NUJ national colloquium on elections, corruption and roadmap to 2019 organized by the Kaduna council in collaboration with the Pax-community Partnership Projects, PCPP.

Comrade Odusile who stated this as part of his contribution to the theme of the colloquium, “2015 polls: Reminiscence, Lessons, Challenges and Projections‎” said the colloquium is coming at the right time, in x-raying the 2015 elections to serve as a guide to 2019 elections.

He called on relevant authorities to thoroughly investigate those behind the plans to truncate democracy and punish ‎those that may be found guilty to serve as deterrent to others that may contemplate such in the future.

“The NUJ will resist any attempt to change the present democratic government, we will not allow any attempt to truncate democracy in Nigeria because democracy has come to stay ‎in Nigeria,” he reiterated.