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Weststar Associates, the authorised distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, and a leading insurance firm, Cornerstone, have given their full support to this year’s edition of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) training and capacity building workshop.
The annual event which holds on Friday, July 26 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, along the International Airport Road in Lagos, will also feature a technical training session by representatives of Toyota Nigeria Limited.
Also expected at the event are the Director-General, National Automotive Design & Development Council, Jelani Aliyu and the Corps Marshal of the Federal Roads Safety Commision, Boboye Oyeyemi.
Dr. Oscar Odiboh, a Marketing Communication lecturer at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State and Patrick Adenusi, Executive Director of Safety Beyond borders, are also billed to handle special sessions at the event.
This is as Cornerstone Insurance will be providing insights on insurance matters as they relate to the automotive industry.
Odiboh will be beaming searchlight on ‘’Zero Patronage, Zero Tariff and the Redefinition of Patriotism by Nigeria’s Automobile Industry’’, as Adenusi will be taking a critical look at ‘’Road Users Attitude- Cost and Effect’’.
The annual training workshop, which is in its fourth year is designed to enhance the knowledge of journalists reporting the automotive sector in the country.
Other stakeholders also expected at the workshop include CFAO, Stallion Motors, Mandilas, Pirelli and others which had been part of the major sponsors of the annual event.
NAJA chairman, Mike Ochonma, said the training workshop, was designed to refresh the knowledge and competence of automotive journalists in the country.
The NAJA training workshop is an annual training programme organised to refresh the minds of practicing auto journalists on the trend of auto journalism worldwide.
Members of the association are motoring journalists that cut across the newspapers, television and online media organisations including bloggers from across the country.
“Journalism is wide and we must open ourselves to consistent training and retraining. It is important that journalists writing about the automotive sector are well informed; they must be well educated and empowered to write effectively,” the NAJA Chairman said.
Also commenting on the programme, chairperson of this year’s event, Julie Chi- Nwaocha, noted that there was the need for consistent training and retraining of journalists covering the automotive industry in the country.
She affirmed that the automotive industry is an important sector that cannot be ignored because of its huge contributions to the economy of Nigeria.
