Journalists covering the maritime sector of the economy have unveiled an umbrella body called Network of Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NNMJ).
NNMJ which comprises all maritime journalists beat associations said in a statement made available to Maritime Bits that it wishes to officially announce its presence to all media practitioners, government agencies and critical stakeholders.
The statement which was signed by its Chairman, Elder Dele Aderibigbe and Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Jerry Aguigbo said the coalition has become very necessary to further foster unity among journalists covering the maritime industry while ensuring cohesion with a stronger umbrella body to better the lot of all journalists.
Continuing, the association said: “Membership of the NNMJ is drawn from all the existing maritime journalists beat associations namely League of Maritime Editors (LEAGUE); Maritime Association of Nigeria, (MARAN); Maritime Journalists’ Association of Nigeria (MAJAN); and the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN)”.
Others are the Online Media Association of Nigeria (OMAN); Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP) as well as all other maritime journalists not affiliated with any association.
It stated that the coalition is seeking the support of all journalists especially, all government agencies, parastatals and all maritime critical stakeholders to make this process a success.
“In due course, we shall announce our programmes and hopefully expect all maritime journalists to key into them for a seamless coverage of the industry while we make efforts to ensure that maritime journalists are no longer less regarded and treated like orphans they seem to have become in recent times. We sincerely thank all maritime journalists for their loyalty and support. We also wish to extend our kind regards to everyone who has supported us this far”, it added.
