The Director General of National Automotive Design & Development Council (NADDC), Aliyu Jelani and Corps Marshal, Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi are among top dignitaries expected to grace the 2020 edition of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) Training/Capacity Building programme scheduled for Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Lagos.
This year’s training/capacity programme paper presentations is anchored on two themes; ”The Role Of Nigeria’s Automotive Journalists Amid COVID-19 Era’ to be delivered by Dr. Oscah Odiboh; a lecturer at Covenant University Otta, Ogun State.
The second paper which is in line with the digital migration in present day journalism is titled; ‘Utilising Social Media Tools in News Reportage by Journalists”, to be presented by Yusuf Aweda Jimoh, a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Network and Software Engineer.
According to Mike Ochonma, Associate Editor of BusinessDay and Chairman, Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA), the one-day training programme is expected at enrich and expand the knowledge of journalists in the topics slated as the automotive industry remains one of the critical sectors in the country and globally that cannot be ignored by government, foreign and private investors.
According to him ”Journalism is massively taking a new dimension in the face of digital migration making it imperative for reporters to have an analytical mind and be well informed in the beats that they cover.
Despite this year’s coronavirus pandemic which affected businesses, this 2020 NAJA is being supported by Coscharis Motors plc, Stallion Automobile group, Massilia Motors Limited and Cars45 Limited in contribution towards the growth of the automotive industry in Nigeria and globally.
It would be recalled that Ford Motors South Africa (FMCSA) in collaboration with Coscharis Motors; its local franchisee were the lead sponsors of the first and second editions held in 2016 and 2017.
Stallion Motors Nigeria Limited, with Nissan Motors South Africa was the lead sponsor of the 2018 edition.
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.