JOURNALISTS SET TO INTERROGATE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

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JOURNALISTS SET TO INTERROGATE FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

……as FEDERATED CHAPEL CONCLUDES PLANS FOR 2024 WEEK

Journalists in Akwa Ibom State are set to interrogate the much talked about and highly anticipated Financial Autonomy to Local Government Areas.

It was learnt that the issue of Local Government Autonomy and more will top discourse during the 2024 Week of the Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State billed to hold later in the year.

The Chairman of the Chapel Week Committee Comrade Edet Edet Friday informed members of the Chapel during the August Congress of the body that preparations are in top gear for the 2024 Week of the Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council.

Comrade Edet Edet noted that the event’s theme will rotate around Financial Autonomy, whether or not it is a blessing to our Local Government Councils.

According to him, the 2024 Press Week will be a week long event and will be held at the NUJ Press Center along Information Drive, Uyo with series of events including free medical outreach, visit to destitute homes, indoor and outdoor games as well as presentation of the third edition of the Flagship Publication of the Chapel Federated Digest Magazine.

He further confirmed that top personalities have been contacted as resource persons to dissect the theme and hold the discourse elaborately.

The Chairman of the planning Committee further stated that, the idea is to ensure that discussants do justice to the theme as it concerns the recent financial autonomy granted to the local government council and how it will impact our immediate society.

“The theme for this year’s Press Week is indeed a good one and I assure you that top brass resource persons have confirmed their attendance to dissect the topic holistically. It is going to be a week long event with visit to destitute homes, free medical outreach, presentation of Awards to deserving personalities, indoor games and other varieties in place”. He said.

Chairman of the Chapel, Comrade Nsibiet John, described the theme as explained by the Committee as Topical and interesting. He said, going by the plans as enunciated by the Leadership of the Chapel Week Committee that the 2024 Week will indeed be a memorable one as the line up of events will enrich journalists and the public intellectually noting that it is one event nobody should miss adding that Federated Chapel has always been the stand out Chapel when it comes to serving up events of this nature.

“I expect this year’s Chapel Week to be outstanding as always. We have always set the bar when it comes to events such as this and we expect more.

The Chapel Chairman expressed confidence in the Edet Edet led Committee saying that it is obvious the Committee will deliver efficiently on the mandate accorded to them.

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