History: Cross River NUJ Council gets first female chairperson

Archibonganwan Eso, a seasoned broadcast journalist at the Nigerian Television Authority in Calabar, has secured her place in history by becoming the first female chairperson of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, MoreNews reports.

Eso’s election comes in the wake of the former chairman, Comrade Nsa Gill, being appointed as the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Cross River State.

Having previously served as the council’s financial secretary for six years, Eso expressed deep gratitude to the Union for bestowing upon all the new EXCO the responsibility of leadership.

Comrade Eso, said, “On behave of all of us here today I wish to express my deep gratitude to the Union for finding me and by extension all of us here worthy, and for bestowing upon us the responsibility of leadership”

She made a solemn pledge not to let the Union down, she said, “I pledge to work diligently towards advancing the interests of our colleagues, and to maintain the integrity and to protect the image of our noble profession in the state” she promised.

The election transpired during a Special Congress convened at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Center in Calabar recently, overseen by National officers from Zone ‘F’.

In related appointments, Comrade Sunny Inah of CRBC Chapel was elected as the new Vice Chairman, while Comrade Mike Abang from the Correspondent Chapel representing BusinessDay newspaper was elected the new Secretary of the Union, Comrade Ekong Okpa from the Chronicle Chapel were chosen as Financial Secretaries of the council.