By Abdullahi Yusuf
The Kogi Central Journalists’ Guild, an umbrella body of Kogi Central journalists in the Diaspora, on Sunday called for equal representation on Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s media team.
A statement signed by the Guild’s President, Muhammad Tijani Abdulsalam, and the Secretary, Ozumi Abdul, on Sunday shortly after its emergency meeting decried what it described as the total exclusion of its members from the recent appointments by Governor Ododo.
“It is however surprising that an ethnic group that boasts of seasoned Journalists and Public Relations Gurus were ignored into the appointments of Ododo media team,” the statement said.
The Guild asked the governor to build his Crisis Management Team on a tripod of Kogi Agenda, observing that the present composition has marginalized the Central Senatorial District Professionals in Reputation management.
It also criticized the decision “to recycle aides of the immediate past government that fed glutonously, but failed to contribute meaningfully to Image management.”
The Kogi Journalists, however, commended the governor for promoting Kogi Agenda over its recent appointment of Special Advisers (SAs), and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) .
The body expressed confidence that the inclusive list of recent appointments would guarantee sense of belonging among Kogi state critical stakeholders.
The Guild further stressed that proactive steps like this would “no doubt knit interests groups under “A Confluence Agenda.”