By Meletus EZE
Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Capt. Abdulsalam Abubakar, on Monday, urged journalists to always ensure factual reportage of events in the aviation sector.
He stated this at the opening ceremony of the 2019 League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) course, at the College auditorium in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The rector stressed the need for reporters to be acquainted with basic knowledge on aviation industry to enable them to report issues relating to the industry accurately.
“Unless reporters have the requisite knowledge of what the aviation industry is all about, they will not be able to do justice to issues relating to the industry.
“Not all Journalists can be aviation reporters unless they acquire the basic idea or knowledge of the operational mode of the industry.”
He expressed appreciation to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for sponsoring the reporters to attend the LAAC training in the College.
In his remarks, the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Alhaji Muktar Shu’aibu-Usman, described the training as very important and vital to the aviation correspondents.
The director-general, who was represented by Mr Mohammed Jimoh, said that the training would give the participants a direction of how to report aviation industry activities very well.
Also, the LAAC Chairman, Mr Olusegun Koiki, appealed to the agencies under the aviation industry to change the mode of training from four years to every year.
According to him, this will give the aviation reporters the opportunity to acquire the much needed knowledge of how to report the industry properly. —– NAN
