NUJ Cross River Council Chairman, Archibong Eso
By Ita Williams , Calabar
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State Council, has elected Archibong Eso as its new first female State Chairman.
Eso is a career broadcast journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Chapel, Calabar.
She replaces Comrade Nsa Gill, who was recently appointed as Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu.
Prior to her election, Eso had served as the council’s Financial Secretary for six years.
The election took place during a Special Congress held at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre in Calabar on Thursday and was supervised by two National Officers from Zone ‘F’ (South South).
Other officials elected include Vice Chairman Comrade Sunny Inah, from the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) Chapel, Comrade Mike Abang from the Business Day Newspaper of the Correspondent Chapel and Comrade Ekong Okpa from the Chronicle Chapel.
Zone “F” South South Zonal Vice President, Comrade, Okpaka Dokubo charges the new EXCO to join hands together and build a disciplinary and formidable union, voids of rangor and disunity.
In her acceptance speech, the new elected Chairman, Comrade Eso thanked the entire union for finding her and her new EXCO worthy of handling the affairs of the Union, promising not to disappoint the Union throughout her time as a chairman.
Commenting also, one of the Union members, Comrade Joseph Ephraim of Correspondents’ Chapel who works for the Nigeria Tribune said “the election was historic in nature for the emergence of a female state council Chairman for the first time in the history of the Union is a call for celebration”.
He maintained that the process was satisfactory and pledged to cooperate with the new leadership of the Union.
The new leadership will be in charge of the state council until April 2025.
