Members of the congress of Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ have unanimously endorsed the appointment of Bello Ibrahim Boko as the acting chairman of the state council.
The emergency congress meeting which was conducted on Thursday was attended by over 70% of the members of the congress.
The decision to ratify the appointment of the acting Chairman followed the transfer of the former chairman, Comrade Abdulrazak Bello from Zamfara to Sokoto state and the subsequent meeting of the State Executive Council (SEC) which endorsed the Vice-chairman to act on the capacity.
The congress ratification was through a motion moved by Mohammed Munirat Nasir of the Correspondents Chapel and seconded by Salamatu Umar, NAWOJ chairperson with no counter.