UNICEF Asks Media To Champion Women, Children’s Welfare

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) yesterday called on media practitioners in the country to champion the health challenges confronting women and children in their reportage.

UNICEF and NUJ stated this during Multi-zonal media dialogue on dissemination of multiple indicator cluster survey with journalists from South East, South South and North Central.

The dialogue was organized by Broadcasting Corporation of Abia (BCA) in collaboration with UNICEF.

Speaking at the Dialogue, UNICEF communication officer, Dr. Ijeoma  Ogwe stressed that  this was organized to galvanize action, unify with government and persons in positions to take favourable actions for children’s well-being so as to make more visible plights of children.

She described UNICEF as the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, adding that the organization supports child health and nutrition, quality basic education for all boys and girls and the protection of children from violence, exploitation and AIDS.

In his remarks, NUJ Rivers State chairman, Comrade Stanley Job lamented that journalists have abandoned their core responsibilities of advocating for the masses and now focus on politics and politicians for the reasons best known to them.

He said survey measures various governments progress towards national commitments and the sustainable development goals.