By Owobu Maureen

The National Association of University Students, (NAUS), CampusMonitoring Committee, Edo State, led by its President, Comrade Osahon Eseosa Destiny, yesterday, June 25, 2024, paid an advocacy visit to the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), to solicit for media support.

NUJ which is an acronym for “Nigeria Union of Journalists” is an official body committed to advancing the safety and welfare of Nigerian Journalists.

The students group whose membership cuts across universities in Edo State, and empowered with the mandate to promote and protect the fundamental rights of all university students in the state while serving as a bridge between the student union government and students to help ensure the university community is conducive for learning, got a positive nod from Comrade Festus Alenkhe, Chairman, NUJ, Edo State Council who acquiesced to their specific request for support and media visibility for its upcoming “NAUS Leadership Summit” scheduled for next month.

The summit, programmed to pull students together to forge a formidable relationship as well as provide opportunities for learning essential leadership skills during a three day period in July, creates a purview for interaction with Edo 2024, governorship candidates to “X-ray” their manifestos and examine the changes in their policy as it affects the welfare of students.

This “X-ray” is to promote transperency and ensure that the public gains clear and accurate information about the aspirants. It also helps to hold the aspirants accountable.

Osahon affirmed that the advocacy visit to seek support and collaboration for all their activities was expedient based on the need to erase stereotypes where citadels of learning are viewed as epicentres of protests where movement on surrounding streets get distorted to that where students engage in peaceful demonstration, with adequate messages and position of students on salient issues are passed through the media to government or institutions of learning on issues which affect them.

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