By Henry Ibya, Makurdi
Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Benue State council has lifted its earlier ban on coverage of State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, activities in the state.
Chairman of the chapel, Bem Antswen and Assistant Secretary Cephas Iorhemen in a communique after an emergency session Saturday in Makurdi, said congress resolved to lift the ban on Dr. Grace Adagba-led SUBEB following personal intervention in the matter by Governor Hyacinth Alia for peace to reign.
In the communique, Antswen and Iorhemen said members described Governor Alia’s intervention as timely, adding that congress equally reiterated collective resolve to continue to support the governor’s administration through positive reportage in order to put the state on the fast lane of development.
The communique recalled that the chapel had earlier this month, slammed a ban on the coverage of SUBEB activities following uncomplimentary utterances of the executive secretary of the Board, Dr Grace Adagba.
Dr. Adagba had during a courtesy call on her by members of the Correspondents’ Chapel deviated from issues and instead tagged journalists in the state as opposition party working against the governor.
She as well as accused members of the fourth estate of under-reporting the Alia administration; a development that put journalists on collusion path with the board’s chief executive.