Shuaibu Usman
Chairman, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Works and Transport, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman Danladi has lauded journalists covering the activities of Nasarawa State House of Assembly.
He gave the commendation while making his valedictory submission as part of the valedictory session of the House to mark the end of the sixth Assembly in Lafia.
The lawmaker noted that the Journalists deserved the commendation for the promotion of the legislature and reshaping its direction in the last four years.
Danladi, who is the member representing Keffi East in the legislature, said their contribution to the House was ‘invaluable and unquantifiable’.
Danladi said ‘there was no single day the Assembly press crew had not done their best to ensure the activities of the House and their personal assignments were properly covered and disseminated to the public’.
He explained that without the media they would not have been able to achieve what has so far been achieved in the last four years of the 6th Assembly, urging them to continue to discharge their responsibilities diligently and professionally.
The State Lawmaker however noted that no reasonable government can succeed without the contribution of journalism professionals, hence the need to be supportive and responsive to them by ensuring better welfare packages to motivate them to do more in advancing the cause of development of the state and the country in general.
“After the executive, legislative and judiciary, one to be mentioned and reckoned with is the media because of the role played by members of the profession to accord top priority to the service and well-being of the nation” He acknowledged.