By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna

Following disagreement that ensued during the December 2021 council election, former Kaduna Council Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Adamu Yusuf, has taken a bold move to reconcile aggrieved members of the union.

The former Chairman, who was at the Kaduna NUJ Secretariat on Thursday, said the move is aimed to set aside the differences generated over last council election and to chart a way forward for peaceful co-existence among members.

“We have faced each other in court but now peace is needed, we must come together as one.

“I have no other place than NUJ. Anything outside peace I won’t be part of it.

“I identify with Asma’u-led EXCO; my loyalty lies in them. The majority belongs here and I have full confidence in the union,” he said.

Adamu, who promised to head the reconciliation process, said as it is now his aim to have one strong and indivisible NUJ.

“All camps must desist from provocative comments and put all differences away in the interest of the union,” he stated.

Responding, the Kaduna Council Chairman, Hajiya Asma’u Yawo Halilu, appreciated the former Chairman for the steps taken towards restoring peace in the union.

Asma’u while affirming her commitment to the peace process also called on all to support Adamu to succeed.

Asma’u’s emergence unopposed following the disqualification of Farida Abubakar had stirred problem in the union.

Also speaking at the reconciliation meeting, former Kaduna NUJ Vice Chairman Mohammed Sabiyu said: “There’s light at the end of the day.

“I have been in this union for 27 years. I studied peace up to Master’s level.

“I started from Kaduna when I was young and now back in Kaduna in old age and I can't watch when there is no harmony.”

•PHOTO: Comrade Asma’u Yawo Halilu (M); current chairman of NUJ, Kaduna Council, flanked by former chairman Comrade Adamu Yusuf (R) as well current and former executives of the state council, in a group photograph after the reconciliation meeting. PHOTO: NUJ, Kaduna Council.

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