NUJ nullifies new chapel in Ogun

The national leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has nullified the creation of Broadcast Correspondent Chapel in the Ogun State Council, saying it was alien to the union constitution.
The NUJ Vice President (B Zone), Comrade Cosmos Oni, conveyed this decision in a letter addressed to the Chairman and Secretary of the union in Ogun State.
The Broadcast Correspondent Chapel, led by Mr Kazeem Olowe of TV Continental‎, was purportedly inaugurated recently in Abeokuta amidst controversy.
Following a clearance letter written by the state Correspondents’ Chapel, the NUJ‎ national leadership nullified the newly created chapel, describing it as “alien to the union constitution.”
The union said the chapel was “null and void” and directed the Ogun State Council to reverse it with immediate effect.
It also ordered the state council to immediately withdraw the NUJ Identity Cards from members of‎ the new chapel whose respective organisations were not unionised.
Oni said, “The said ‘Broadcast Correspondents Chapel’ is alien to the Union Constitution, hence not recognised by the Union.
“Sequence to this, you are hereby directed to reverse the decision with immediate effect. The said chapel is hereby declared null and void, hence status quo should remain at the chapel.”
While affirming the indivisibility of the Correspondents Chapel, the Vice President noted that Article 5 (G) (2) of the NUJ constitution clearly stated who belongs to the chapel.
He declared that those whose organisations were not unionised in the scrapped chapel are not to possess the identity card of NUJ, adding that “if any of them have it, it is fraudulently process and should be retrieved with immediate effect.”