As part of development, and to prepare journalists for
emergencies, the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC)said that
they will train members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in
Rivers State on First Aid.
Mr Stanley Job
Stanley, the Chairman of NUJ in Rivers state, disclosed this in Port
Harcourt while speaking at a one-day workshop on Role of the Media in
Situation of Urban Violence, which was organised by the Union in
collaboration with ICRC.
Mr Stanley Job Stanley
noted that they want Red Cross to come to NUJ monthly meetings to
educate journalists on the issue of First Aid. It is important that we
know all those things in case of any emergency. The
chairman commended Red Cross for the workshop, noted that journalists
in the state are now better informed on the activities of the
humanitarian organization.
The NUJ Chairman
said We thank the Red Cross for coming to explain their activities to
journalists. We have learnt a lot of things from the interaction and the
NUJ is grateful.
Earlier in his
presentation, ICRC Generalist Field Officer, David-West Egede, said the
organization visits the Port Harcourt Prisons and other detention
facilities in the state, to investigate the condition of detainees.
Egede
said, We visit detention facilities often to check the condition of the
detainees. As far as a detainee has not been sentenced to death, he has
a right to life.
We constantly visit Port
Harcourt Prisons, SCIID (State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department and SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) detention facilities.
He
insisted that with a new law signed into law by the President, there is
no need to get Police Report before treating victims of gunshot
injuries.
Egede said, It is popular
that you must get a Police report before getting treatment, but it is
no more like that. A law has been signed by the President that you
should treat first before getting Police report.
A
lot of medical practitioners don’t know about the law and law
enforcement agencies use their ignorance of the law, to humiliate them.
He
called on media outfits to set up humanitarian platforms in order to
help in the propagation of the projects and activities of the Red Cross.
We call on media organization to set up platform to checkmate and report the humanitarian activities for dissemination.
