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From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State council has lamented the deplorable state of roads across the state and called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo for urgent attention.
The council emphasised that the state should return to its days of glory as one with the longest network of paved roads in the country, noting that a good road network is a catalyst for increased and efficient economic activities.
In a communiqué issued at the end of its congress signed by the chairman of the union Dr. Emeka Odogwu, and its secretary Aloysius Ofodile, the union regretted the disrespectful treatment of members by some state government officials either directly or through their aides and security details thereby obstructing them from going about their constitutional duties.
The communiqué reads in part: “The congress called the attention of the state government to the poor and harzardous state of the roads in the state and emphasised the need for speedy and massive road rehabilitation and construction.
The union also called on the state government to speed up the process of paying the gratuities and pensions of retirees of state owned media establishments. It also called attention to the plights of members who retired from the establishments and had gone for years without receiving their gratuities and pensions.
