Delta NUJ Election: FocalPoint MD Ezekiel Kagbala Congratulates Ikeogwu, Urge him to Uplift Journalist Welfare in Delta

By Ezekiel Kagbala

Congratulations are in order for Comrade Mike Ikeogwu after he returned as Chairman of the Delta State Nigerian Union of Journalist, following his re-election for another three – year term.

Managing Director, FocalPoint Reports, Ezekiel Kagbala, on Wednesday, extended a heartwarming felicitation to Ikeogwu after he narrowly defeated his only rival and former Secretary of the union, Comrade Churchill Oyowe, of the State Information chapel in the keenly contested election.

The FocalPoint MD noted that the emergence of Michael Ikeogwu is a clear affirmation that members of the state NUJ have again accepted his leadership to pilot the affairs of the union.

He urged the re-elected Chairman to run an all inclusive government and ensure to uplift the welfare of journalists in the state, adding that everybody voted for the winner.

In his acceptance speech, Mike Ikeogwu pledged that he would do his best to reposition the union and take it beyond where it is presently.

He declared that his second term will be dedicated to correcting the lapses noticed in his first tenure and while urging those who participated and lost in the election to join hands with his exco to move the Union to greater heights,

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