The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) has trained practicing Journalists from ten states of the federation on Humanitarian Reporting.
Our correspondent reports that the two-day training held in jos, the capital of plateau state where participants drawn from Print, Electronic, and Online Media Organisations from the states of Nasarawa, Kano, Bauchi, Benue, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, plateau and Zanfara states received training.
Speaking at the workshop, the ICRC Communication Coordinator Abuja Delegation Mr. Robin Waudo said the training was aimed at equipping Journalists with the necessary knowledge of humanitarian reporting.
Waudo added that the engagement would enable the Media Organisations and their representatives to share their experiences on humanitarian activity with the people who got the opportunity to attend.
On his part, a lecturer with Mass Communication Department, Bayero University Kano Dr. Bala Muhammad, who is a facilitator at the training, said Journalists are a very important pillar that would help in addressing the increasing insecurity problem in the country.
Dr. Bala Muhammad appealed to the Journalists to understand the background and nature of every conflict to disseminate it to the larger society.
Muhammad suggested for the Government to ensure proper utilization of forests as it’s the hideout for bandits and other insurgents groups, ban the importation of motorcycles and hard drugs as the immediate measures to tackle security challenges in the country.
The lecturer urged the Government to do the needful towards implementing suggestions, which were research products, to help tackle security challenges in the country.
Some of the participants who attended the workshop said , the training will surely help them in writing humanitarian reporting and also it will guide them to share what they have learned to those that didn’t attend the training so as the entire state and the country will benefit.
