Shippers’ Council boss, Bello tasks media houses on insuring journalists’ health 

Media practitioners and their employers have been tasked to procure insurance scheme for the practitioners in case of unforseen circumstances.

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Barrister Hassan Bello made the suggestion on Wednesday at the Colloquium organised in honour of a late maritime journalist, Chief Jimmy Ubong Akpan who passed on recently.

Akpan, who had worked with different media organisations, later established his own media outfit before his demise at age 57.

Bello , who was the chairman of the colloquim, lauded the cobtributiins of journalists saying that the economy would not be complete without the efforts of journalists to nation building; thus there is the need for healthy living.

He noted that “We will like to suggest that there should be a structure on health to be instituted for journalists.

“Aside that of health insurance we also want to suggest that issues of insurance should be looked into as well .

“If you don’t check you health you would not know and that is the reason we advocating for all these benefits for journalists.

He said journalists are always at risk from one illness from the other, urging media practitioners; especially the news hunters to be health conscious.

While speaking about the veteran journalist who passed on recently, the council’s boss called on maritime reporters to support and encourage the family of the deceased; he also lauded effort put in place by colleagues to pay their last tribute.

Highpoints of the colloquium was the health tips and lectures from the medical teams of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian Shipper’s Council (NSC)  and Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).