By Olasunkanmi Akoni

lagos—Members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, have expressed concern over the lingering fuel scarcity across the country and called on Federal Government to find a lasting solution to end the hardship being faced by citizens.

NUJ  in a communiqué  at the end of its first quarterly National Executive Council, NEC meeting, hosted by the Lagos State Council, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly end the sufferings of Nigerians occasioned by the fuel scarcity.

Members said they felt dissatisfied “at the avalanche of promises to end the imbroglio of fuel scarcity without success.”

The meeting, presided over by the National President, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, was attended by members of the Central Working Committee, chairmen and secretaries of councils, with Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, ex-Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, Lagos State Information and Strategy Commissioner, Mr. Steve Ayorinde and Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Opeyemi Boboye in attendance at the opening ceremony.

In an 11-point communiqué by the union’s National Secretary, Shuaibu Usman Leman, members said “NEC in session also sympathizes with parents of the abducted Chibok Girls, and urged the Federal Government to do all within its powers to secure the release of the school children who have remained in captivity for over two years. The union observed that with the latest video released by Boko Haram showing that the girls are still alive, government should ensure that their lives are not further endangered.”

While expressing support for the on-going war against graft and praising Buhari administration on its avowed commitment to rid the country of corruption, NUJ, however, called on its members to join the war against corruption by ensuring that no corrupt persons enjoyed media protection.