Soludo hates Anambra journalists with passion-- NUJ chairman 'Odogwu'

Titus Maduako Eleweke

Chairman of Anambra State Chapter of Nigeria Union of journalists (NUJ), Dr Emeka Odogwu Emeka has described the Governor Charles Soludo as one who hates journalists with passion.
Dr Odogwu who spoke to selected journalists in Awka Anambra State capital said the Governor has no regards for Media men in the state and alot of things are going wrong under his watch in the state.
"Let me leave it at this. So many things are going wrong under his nose ,yet he hates journalists with passion" he said.

According to Odogwu,the governor Soludo, in his over a year in office, has not deemed it fit to interact with journalists in Anambra State, but he has interacts with every other pressure group in the state and country.
" He did one year in office, invited everyone across Nigeria but no formal invitation to Journalists in Anambra. I may be wrong but my men called severally and I said nobody told me anything. Journalists were the agenda setters and the pace setters who will inform him about what is happening in the society, especially areas where he has no knowledge of and where he needs to take a decisive stand. Like ,this one youth, two skills fraud ongoing, what does he know happening but, we know how it’s being sabotaged with trusted people in government compiling just names to pay people who did nothing just to share the dividends into two equals after payment. I saw and heard rubbish when they shared N10,000 each to the youths.So many things going wrong under his nose ,yet he hates journalists with passion" he stated.
According to the Anambra NUJ , Soludo has not been of any help to the union despite serveral letters to him to help the body to complete its Secretariat building.
"NUJ in other States enjoy subventions and have their secretariats built and secured by the state government. But here nothing like that exists. Even when we applied for training, he threw it inside the gutter. We applied for subvention and if you read the reply, he gave, you shall ask if the letter was meant for a journalists body , but we stomached it.
Across the Federation, journalists in various states were appointed into positions of authority and Councils assisted grately like in Kano,
Ganduje built a multi-milllion plaza for NUJ as well as a press conference center and Plateau State Governor did same in different style. Edo state government and Delta State government dis wonders too and across the Federation it’s wins for NUJ, yet our Governor is the most exposed among them, but could not even see us as friends. His first move in journalists direction was to mute closure of National Light Newspapers and sack journalists. Preposterous decision. He employs thousands of other professionals but journalists working with National Light should be rendered jobless and useless"
So far, I’m not happy that he is not carrying the journalists along. Even the journalists working in his office who are called Press Corps were not carried along allegedly. He is acting as if he is not interested in journalists instead he is happy dealing with his group called Soludo TV. He has forgotten the fact that mainstream media remains mainstream media. With the presence of Professionals like us with enormous experience in the field, the governor has the opportunity of getting clues of happenings around him that are unknown to him, but since he doesn’t want us to be telling him things off
record, maybe we would be telling him some of those things on the pages of newspapers for him to read and get himself acquainted with what is happening" he stated.

Soluaghara or Seweigbo is a tout

When una no respect unasef

My governor!

Do your work let him do his work. If he's doing something wrong, publish it let people see. If not, keep shut if you can't acknowledge his little strides. He does not owe you a formal invitation. Your job is to go search for the story and bring unbiased news to the public. But no, all you people are looking for is brown envelopes.

If indeed you are aware of the saboteurs in his government, why not publish it? The plight of the people doesn't matter to you? Only your stomachs determine what story is published. Shameless lot.

If e easy make una sef campaign next election make una become governor.

This is a terrible lie. Soludo loves journalist

U always attack him...y not