NIJ seeks University status after 50 years of existence

 


By Our Correspondent

The board and management of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, is seeking University status for the institution as it begins its journey into the second half of a century.

The Provost of the Institute, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, disclosed the plan at the press briefing announcing plans for the 6th Convocation and 50th anniversary of the institution's operation as a school of journalism in Nigeria.

Adefaye noted the reputation of the school as a great training institute with a strong history, being the third training institute in the country after the University of Nigeria, Nsuka (UNN) and University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Established in 1963 by the International Press Institute, NIJ became fully operational in 1971 originally awarding Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Journalism only till it evolved into a monotechnic under the regulation of the National Board for Technical Education in 2004.

It thereafter started running National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma and other professional certificate courses in Photojournalism and Communication.

“We are that training institution that is set to provide skilled manpower that will provide trained and competitive workers in the media space.
"So, don’t be surprised if we turn into the first Media University in Nigeria," Adefaye said.

The Provost also noted at the briefing that the school admits students through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board which also made it possible for them to be mobilised for the compulsory National Youth Service upon graduation.

The school which is popular for its practical knowledge-oriented system was said to have acquired more equipment to start producing a quality newspaper and have a terrestrial radio station very soon against the live online radio (PenRadio) it currently runs as a means of training and competing with the mainstream media.

Weeks ago, a bill sponsored by Mr Olufemi Bandele Adebanjo representing Alimosho Federal Constituency of Lagos State in the green chamber seeking to make NIJ a Federal government-run institution passed through first reading and has been listed on the House journal.

The "Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Lagos State, provide for the functions and for related matters, HB 1580" seeks to put the institution under the National University Commission (NUC) rather than the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) and change the composition of the governing council of the school to exclude the current parent bodies, NGE, NPAN and NUJ among other provisions.

However, the leadership of these parent bodies of NIJ and veteran journalist Ray Ekpu immediately kicked against the idea saying NIJ is not an orphan that can just be taken over without due process.

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