By Ogechi Ohaegbulam

National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ Mr. Mohammed Garba, is commencing a two-day tour of the chapels in Delta State, Mr. Norbert Chiazor, state chairman of NUJ has announced.

Chiazor, in a statement, said the visit to Delta State is part of NUJ’s assessment of the role of the media in national development and the progress of democracy in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.

Garba and his delegation would meet with political stakeholders in the state, including Governor Emma-nuel Uduaghan, Mr. Victor Ochie, Speaker of the State House of Assembly; Comrade Ovuzourie Macaulay, Secretary to State Government, and Mr. Chike Ogeah, State Commissioner for Information.