……Launches special report
The Journalists For Christ (JFC) on Saturday, beckoned on the Federal Government to come to the aid of internally displaced person’s (IDPs) in the country, NewsSpecng learnt.
The group disclosed this during their Public Presentation of ‘Silent Cries’ a Special report on IDPs on Saturday in Abuja.
The Silent Cries is a summary highlights of special media reports on the pains, hopes and aspirations of IDPs, the publication also aims to advance the welfare of IDPs in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, the Secretary of JFC, Gbenga Osinaike, said that the Project which was sponsored by World Association For Christain Communication (WACC) and the Bread for the World- German Protestant Agency for Diaconia and development (BROT) is to give voice to the voiceless, and to sensitize Journalists on the need to put their searchlight on IDPs so that the government can come to their aid.
“We just believe if we keep putting the publication to the limelight and keep projecting their (IDPs) plight, making sure that the government knows that the Internally displaced person’s are going through so much, they will respond and do the needful.
“This is the Fourth publication, we create awareness, monitor media reports and tell journalist to focus attention on IDPs but in this publication we had to sponsor Journalists to do the report.
“We are doing this, so that the government can encourage them, And help them, equip them with good health facilities and give some of them a job, as some of them are ready to work. But don’t have access to loan or support.” He added.
The Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ochieka Agwu, said that the writeup will send message to the Federal Government to focus on helping Internally Displaced Person’s, and encourage Journalists to focus on reporting stories that will help the society.
“We are here to Launch a Special report produced by Journalist for Christ which came as a results of the many writeups put together by Journalist all-over the country and their main aim is to bring to fall the suffering of IDPs so that the policy formulators can now meet them half way and give aid to their suffering.
“This writeup will improve the community and we are going to give it the necessary publicity it deserves by taking it to policy formulators and executors to make sure the content of that book is replicated in different IDP camps
“We are drumming support for them, giving them the voice for government to notice them and come to their aid.
“And beyond that, for we as Journalist, this is a wakeup call to engage in compassionate Journalism, whereby we think of the down trodding than any other issue.
“We have set the agenda, and it’s left for the government to implement them so that the Internally Displaced Person’s will get relieved.” He added.
