… We want to be deliberate in our activities this year – MARAN President
President of the Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture, Retired Deputy Comptroller of Customs, DC Yahaya Idris has hailed the consistency of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria, MARAN in objective reporting of the Maritime Industry.
Idris who had an interactive session with the executive members of the association over the weekend during its retreat said, “MARAN is doing a marvellous job criticising constructively.”
According to him, everybody knows where MARAN belongs and appreciates the job it is doing.
The Retired Deputy Comptroller described MARAN as a force to reckon with.
He urged its members to toe the path of ‘just’ reporting and avoid fake news which he said could drag the association back.
His words: “I won’t talk from the angle of maybe anybody should favour you. I won’t say Customs should do this for you, Immigration should do this for you. Your work is there.
“MARAN has been doing a marvellous job criticising constructively. So, everybody will know where you belong.I know so many people are appreciating your job.
“So what I will want you to do is to continue consistently on what you are doing. Like you have been doing, continue with it.
“Nobody needs to do this or that for you. You have already established yourself as a force to be reckoned with. Report just; when you (any of your members) write fake news against somebody and it is known, you’re dragging the association back.”
On his part, the President of MARAN, Mr. Godfrey Bivbere, thanked God for His grace through all its activities of 2024.
In this 2025, he stressed that MARAN will be deliberate in all its activities of the year, stating that a lot lie ahead of the association.
Bivbere with a loaded plan for the foremost maritime media beat association, reiterated that he is committed to repositioning MARAN with a view to take it to heights it had never attained in the past.
He sought the united support of the executives and all members to make this dream a reality.
Photo: DC Yahaya Idris (Rtd.), President of the Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.
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