Chairman of the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi has advised the recently elected national treasurer of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Fatima Rasheed not to betray the confidence reposed in her by journalists in the state.
Akanbi, equally advised her to carry every members of state’s chapter along in her activities, reminding her that all female journalists in the state worked for her success in the elections that ushered her in as national treasurer.
The NALVEJ chairman gave the advice when Fatima Rasheed and her team paid a ‘thank you visit’ to the league members during their meeting on Tuesday at the NUJ press centre, Ilorin.
He enjoined the NAWOJ treasurer to give a good account of herself in her new assignment and be a good ambassador of Kwara NAWOJ and NUJ.
Other speakers, Mrs Yemi Ademokoya, Mrs Femi Olarewaju, Barr. AbdulRahman AbdulMalik and Alh Abdullahi Olesin, also advised the NAWOJ treasurer to be upright and diligent in the discharge of her onerous duty.
Responding, Fatima Rasheed thanked the senior journalists for their prayer and support before, during and after the election, promising not to let them down.
She was accompanied by some NAWOJ members, including the state chairperson of the association, Ayobola Olupinla.
