…holds Workshop December 12
To remain updated in its reportage of events in the Automobile Industry, the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has announced that its annual Training/Capacity Building programme holds on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the Golden Tulip Hotel Essential, located on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport road, Lagos
Cognizance of the contribution of the media towards the growth of the Automotive Industry in Nigeria, organisations like Coscharis Motors Plc, Stallion Automobile Group, Massilia Motors Limited and Cars45 Limited have all geared up in support of this training, despite the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global businesses.
NAJA in a statement said this year’s training/capacity programme paper presentations come under two themes; ”The Role of Nigeria’s Automotive Journalists Amid COVID-19 Era’ to be delivered by Dr. Oscah Odiboh; a lecturer at Convenant University Otta, Ogun State.
The second paper which is in line with the digital migration in present day journalism is titled; ‘Utilising Social Media Tools in News Reportage By Journalists,’ to be presented by Yusuf Aweda Jimoh, a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Network and Software Engineer
Expected at the event to give key note addresses are Director General, National Automotive Design & Development Council (NADDC), Aliyu Jelani, and Corp Marshal, Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi.
According to Mike Ochonma, Associate Editor of BusinessDay and Chairman of NAJA, the one-day training programme is expected at enrich and expand the knowledge of journalists on the two topics as the Automotive Industry remains one of the critical sectors in the Country and globally that cannot be ignored by government, foreign and private investors.
According to him ”Journalism is massively taking a new dimension in the face of digital migration making it imperative for reporters to have analytical mind and be well informed in the beats that they cover.”
It would be recalled that Ford Motors South Africa (FMCSA) in collaboration with Coscharis Motors; its local franchisee were the lead sponsors of the first and second editions held in 2016 and 2017.
Stallion Motors Nigeria Limited, with Nissan Motors South Africa were the lead sponsors of the 2018 edition.
The NAJA training workshop is an annual training programme, organised to refresh the minds of practicing auto journalists on the trend of Auto journalism worldwide.