Al-Mizan Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kaduna State, has reacted to the de-registration of Al-Mizan Newspaper by the Council.
Recall that NUJ in a statement signed by the State Secretary, Dauda Idris-Doka, in Zaria on Friday, said the decision was taken after the Executive Council Meeting “discovered that Al-Mizan was registered in error”.
A statement on Saturday by Mukhtar Zailani, Assistant Chapel Secretary, stated that the Al-Mizan newspaper was a private establishment owned by the Mizani Publication Limited and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
“Al-Mizan like other vernacular papers is a Hausa Newspaper and not a religious newspaper and does not belong to any Shi’ite organization as wrongly depicted by the dissolved EXCO.
“More so, the Al-Mizan chapel is one of the 13 chapels of the Nigerian Union of Journalists Kaduna Council under which are several other Hausa newspapers that include Al-Mizan Newspaper, Gamji Newspaper, Dillaliya Newspaper, Kunnen Gari Newspaper, Dimokuradiyya Newspaper and Pointer Express which was duly registered with the Union after satisfying all the requirements.
“It is overwhelming to hear a dissolved EXCO engaging in illegality and declaring the deregistration of the Al-Mizan newspaper and the chapel.
“We wish to call on all and sundry to disregard the illegal deregistration announced by the desperate dissolved EXCO.”
The chapel also reiterated its commitment and support to the “Interim Committee of Kaduna NUJ led by Austine Anyebe”.
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