IPF invites general public to pioneer Exco inauguration in Delta

The Ijaw Publishers Forum, IPF today cordially invited the general public to the inauguration of its pioneer Executive  Council.

The invitation was signed and released by IPF National President, Comrade Austin  Ozobo. 

According to him, the event will hold at the popular Chief Tunde Smooth Playground, NPA, Warri, Delta State on Thursday, February 29. 

He said the IPF, an indigenous publishers association drawn from Ijaw speaking journalists who are media executives practicing journalism in the country over the years. 

The Ijaw media Council is a sister body of the Nigerian Union of journalists (NUJ) with similar goals and modus operadi, such as media ethics and professional conducts, except on Ijaw agenda. 

IPF was established to give accurate reportage to the Ijaw marginalized oil bearing communities in Niger Delta who have suffered untold hardship in the midst of abundance. 

It is an independent trade organization with no political affiliation or ideological disposition. IPF is founded in the underlying belief that speaking with one voice as a professional body it can push for the interest of its members particularly in the areas of working conditions and rights: freedom of expression, safety, job security and fair remuneration, gender equality, freedom of association, copyright protection and fight against all forms of discrimination and suppression.

IPF is also meant to organize and supports campaigns aimed at protecting journalists’ rights and strengthening collective interest, and above all, enhance free press in the country and the world.