{"id":18116,"date":"2018-04-03T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18116"},"modified":"2018-04-03T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T09:50:14","slug":"delta-nuj-suspends-ika-chapel-over-constitutional-illegalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18116","title":{"rendered":"DELTA NUJ SUSPENDS IKA CHAPEL OVER &#8220;CONSTITUTIONAL ILLEGALITIES&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"3iqoq-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"bsg4q-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bsg4q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"b9rlb-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b9rlb-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\">\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"3iqoq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3iqoq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3iqoq-0-0\">The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has suspended union activities in Ika Correspondents\u2019 Chapel, Agbor, according to a press statement by Mr. <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"61orp-0-0\">Churchill Oyowe, <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9mbbk-0-0\">State Secretary.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"4s9kl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4s9kl-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"2hqmu-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2hqmu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2hqmu-0-0\">The Council has also suspended dealings with the outgoing leadership of Ika Correspondents\u2019 Chapel, led by Maxwell Momah and the Credentials Committee Chairman and Secretary, William Odede and Darligton Okonma till further notice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"ffun7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ffun7-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"5j5l6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5j5l6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5j5l6-0-0\">The suspension is predicated on the constitutional illegalities perpetuated on Friday, March 23, 2018 by both the outgoing leadership and members of the credentials committee in conducting elections and performing swearing-in exercise without recourse to the State Council.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"25kj0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"25kj0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"bsg4q-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bsg4q-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bsg4q-0-0\">These acts contravene Article 6, Section 6 of the NUJ Constitution that empowers Councils to supervise and swear in elected members of chapels. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"epq1c-0-0\">The Council views these acts as dangerous for the Union in the sense that it is a bad precedent capable of rubbishing the Union in the eyes of members of the Union, other well meaning stakeholders and members of the public if not checked with appropriate sanctions.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"dbufi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dbufi-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"9jj5s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9jj5s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9jj5s-0-0\">The general public, particularly stakeholders in Ika North East and South are advised not to deal with anyone parading themselves as leaders of the NUJ Ika Correspondents\u2019 Chapel till further notice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"6de0j-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6de0j-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15870&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"89ej-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"89ej-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"89ej-0-0\">The leaders of the Delta State Council uses this medium to warn those who are bent on the rubishing the image of the union to desist forthwith as it will not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the union&#8217;s constitution to deal with such individual or group of individuals. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"fprh2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fprh2-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"61orp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"61orp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"61orp-0-0\">Churchill Oyowe,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7ig0e\" data-offset-key=\"9mbbk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9mbbk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9mbbk-0-0\">State Secretary.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NUJ-DELTA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18117\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NUJ-DELTA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NUJ-DELTA.jpg 716w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NUJ-DELTA-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has suspended union 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