MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 7 Chapter (MOU) ON THE WORKING AND WELFARE SITUATION OF JOURNALISTS IN NIGERIA Introduction This Memorandum of Understanding is necessitated by the recognition among the stakeholders who are parties to this Memorandum of the need to work together to improve the working conditions and welfare situation of journalists in Nigeria. The Memorandum emerged from a Media Roundtable on“The Working and Welfare Situation of Journalists in Nigeria” organized by the International Press Centre(IPC) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung(FES) in Lagos on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Parties to the Memorandum The following organizations or institutions constitute stakeholders parties to this Memorandum of Understanding: Unions& Associations · Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) · Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union(RATTAWU) · National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products (NUPPPPROW) · Nigeria Guild of Editors(NGE) and the Workers Regulatory body · Nigeria Press Council(NPC) NGO · International Press Centre(IPC) Objectives: · To provide a platform for stronger advocacy and solidarity on measures for the improvement of the working and welfare conditions of journalists in both the private and public sectors · To collaborate on all legitimate measures that would lead to the emergence of Collective Bargaining and the enthronement of a minimum Condition of Service with country-wide applicability · To popularize and widely disseminate the Nigeria Union of Journalists' Standard Conditions of Service for Journalists