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Comrade Ehichioya Stephen Odion has been elected Chairman of the Reliance Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council . In the Chapel's election held at the conference room of the Council's secretariat, in Benin City,  Comrade Ehichioya Stephen Odion, emerged as the  Chairman, Comrade Stanley Igunbor, Vice Charman, Comrade Alabi Saviour, Secretary, Comrade Happiness Ilusota, Treasurer and Blessing Ebifagha, Assistant Secretary. At the inauguration ceremony, the Chairman of NUJ, Edo State Council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe advised members of the new EXCO to strictly adhere to the Constitution of the union when discharging their duties.  He also told them to always project the union through their actions wherever they are called to serve. Comrade Alenkhe  enjoined the newly sworn in officers to draw up activities or programmes that will benefit the chapel and the union in general. In his remark, the Publisher of the Reliance Newspaper and one time Chairman, NUJ, Ed

To reform a policy means to make changes on the already existing one, to modify it , make the necessary corrections, improve upon it and make it better and more beneficial to those for whose sake it (reform) had been made . If a policy has not been beneficial to the people , it is expected that with the reform in the sector , the narrative will change for the better . However, in a situation where a reform causes hardship on the people for whose sake it was carried out, such move (reform) should be jettisoned . It should be reversed , except it was not originally meant for the good of the people .  All over the world, the duty of the government is to churn out policies that are people oriented. Who are the people in question? Those that are being governed by the government . However, in a situation where a reform carried out by the government turns out to be injurious and painful to the people who were supposed to benefit from it (reform )the right thing to do is for the government to