03/11/2023
The Apostolic Secondary Grammar School Ugep Press Club Celebrate Their Press Week And Presented An Award Of Honor To The School Principal
By Odey Ojeka
The Apostolic Secondary Grammar School Ugep press club enthusiastically celebrated their press week and conducted interviews to mark the occasion. The press club leaders organised various activities to understand the importance of the press and media's freedom in the society .
As part of the celebrations,the press club members conducted interviews with the school vice principals, teachers, parents and fellow students to learn about their views on the importance of press and media freedom . The interviews helped the press club members to gain a better understanding of the role of media in promoting democracy, good governance and social justice. And the press club members also received lectures on the following topics: freedom of the press, plagiarism, journalists ethics and standards, reasons why the pen is mightier than the sword, importance of press club in schools etc .
Expressing his views on the occasion,Hon. Kutanson Ikona,a Government and Economics tutor,said," In Nigeria,the freedom of expression is protected by section 39 (1) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria constitution .
In addition,the school vice principal Adminstration, Sir Mighty said," I am delighted to see our students taking such an active interest in celebrating press week .It is crucial that the younger generation understands the importance of media freedom in the society,and I am proud of our students for taking the initiative to spread this message".
And on the final day of the press week,the press club give awards to active press club executives and to the school principal , Elder Omini, Ubi Ebri