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The Nigeria Union
Journalists (NUJ) has said that it fully supports the unbundling of Mass
Communication course into several branches in Nigerian higher institutions.
Reacting to questions from journalists in
Bauchi at the weekend, the National President of NUJ Chris Isiguzo confirmed
that the NUJ was an initiator of the unbundling exercise by National
Universities Commission (NUC).
According to him, “We are a party to the
unbundling exercise. In fact, we initiated the idea. This is what is obtainable
in developed countries, so we’re trying to catch up. We need a situation where
professionals will graduate and will have good knowledge of what they went to
school to study in school. Mass Communication is a compound course to master in
4 years,” he said. Isiguzo further stated that the NUJ, Advertising
Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Nigerian Institute Public Relations
(NIPR), Radio, Television, Theater and Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) are all in
support of the idea. The President who was in Bauchi state on a two-day
interaction visit with members of NUJ said that the Union is working to ensure
that all journalists are captured in the National Health Insurance Scheme.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
