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Speaker Obasa Tasks Civil Defence, Journalists On Nigeria’s Progress

<p><em>Speaker Obasa Mudashiru of Lagos State House of Assembly has tasked media and security agents on commitment to Nigeria’s progress<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the <strong>Speaker<&sol;strong> of the Lagos State House of Assembly&comma; Rt&period; Hon&period; Mudashiru Obasa&comma; has named the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps &lpar;NSCDC&rpar; as well as journalists as major Stakehokders in the development of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obasa made this position known on Tueaday when the two organisations paid him separate visits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking when he received the NSCDC officers led by the Commandant in Lagos&comma; Ayeni Paul Kolawole&comma; Obasa said the security agency is as important as the government that established it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Speaker urged the security body to remain dedicated in their service to Lagos state and the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also tasked the personnel of the agency to constantly endear themselves to the residents of the state and the country while approaching their duties with human face&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I urge you to keep looking out for our people&comma; be more friendly to them&semi; this way your job as a security agency will be easier&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Obasa said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; Commandant Ayeni had pledged the agency&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to the peace of the state adding that the Lagos government had been of immense assistance to the security organisation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&comma; however&comma; appealed that the body be considered in relation to the laws of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Lagos&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Obasa has described journalism as an integral part of a country&&num;8217&semi;s success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Receiving officials of the Nigerian Union of Journalists &lpar;NUJ&rpar; led by its chairman in Lagos&comma; Obasa noted the important roles placed on the shoulders of practitioners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&comma; however&comma; urged the body to conduct self-sanitisation so as to help the profession combat fake news and other forms of challenges the professional media practitioners now face at this time of the country&&num;8217&semi;s journey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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