By joshua 
Practicing Journalists in Kogi State have been asked to make physical fitness and mental alertness as key to the journalism profession.
Kogi State NUJ Chairman, Comr Adeiza Momohjimoh gave the charge during the exercise tagged: “2022 Press Week, Road Walk For Health And Wellness”, part of activities of the 2022 NUJ Press Week in Kogi State. The activity afforded Journalists in the State to embark on a road walk in the early hours of Tuesday in Lokoja.
The fitness walk was led by the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union Of Journalists, Alhaji Adeiza Momoh-Jimoh and other executives of the Union.
Speaking at the end of the exercise, Alhaji Momoh-Jimoh , described physical fitness and mental alertness as key to the journalism profession, stressing that plans are underway to make the exercise a monthly routine to keep members fit.
“If you are not physically fit, if you are not mentally alert, you can’t do this job succesfully. That’s why we have set out this day to keep our members fit”.
Secretary of the Press Week Planning Committee, Comrade Mike Abu called on journalists to cultivate habit in engaging in a thirty minutes walk daily.
” Particularly as Journalists, I think they should learn to do a 30-minute walk everyday. It might not even be on the street; the premises of your compound, you can just take a walk, have your time beside you, ensure that it is for 30 minutes, you can do press up; 30 press everyday”. As Journalist, you need to be 24 hours fit because the profession calls for you to be physically fit. And that’s why this walk this morning is very important and we need to encourage it”.
On his part, a Sports Presenter, Olatunde Odimayo appealed to government to key into the Press Week by supporting the Union with necessary facilities.
He urged members of the Union to engage in sporting activities, saying they should not restrict themselves to the field of journalism alone.
Responding on behalf of women Journalists in Kogi State, the Secretary, Radio Kogi Chapel of the NUJ, Comrade Abigail Oyenibi who said sporting activity was important for women, called on them to make out time for exercise to keep them fit.