OMPAN SS Deputy Vice President in Group Picture with Edo State Chapter Members, after the Inauguration of the Chapter
BENIN-CITY/Nigeria: News Website operators had been advised to follow the best practices as regarding business operations in Nigeria, and internationally, as the business of news services are guarded by laws in the world.
This advice was giving in Benin City, the Edo State capital during the inauguration of the Edo State Chapter of the Association of Online Media practitioners of Nigeria, OMPAN, by Deputy Vice President, South South, Mr. Emmanuel Enebeli on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.
He told the practitioners that for them to be happy, and enjoy what they do, all necessary legal means have to be followed, and observed, by registering their websites, and ensuring that the name the websites should be legally registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC.
Mr. Enebeli tasked them to avoid operating their businesses based on free webpages, but legally go online and register their news website names.
“If you really want to operate fully online, set up a website for which you pay and not just a blog. Invest in the website so that you can be happy and satisfied with what you post”.
“Go to the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, and register your business name.”
Meanwhile, members of the Edo Chapter as part of the inauguration, partnered with the National Blood Transfusion Service, NBTS, in what they called partnership to safe at least one life, as because of the chronic blood shortage and insufficient blood banks in hospitals across the state.
Speaking during the exercise, the state chairman of OMPAN, Don Ofure Osehobo said blood donation should be a civic duty because it helps to save lives.
He added that Edo OMPAN members volunteered to donate free blood to mark the formal inauguration of the chapter as a way of showing concern for the vulnerable, the poor and underprivileged in the state.
“We feel concerned about shortage of blood in our health facilities and especially at this time when economic hardship is forcing many to even sell blood. We see the donations as our social responsibility”.
He added that the growing need for blood from a broad range of patients and accident victims makes, “Blood donation is an important civic duty and we should see it as such”.
“People die every day in our hospitals due to loss of blood and blood shortage in blood banks. This is needless loss of lives, when we can help just by donating blood and playing our part as citizens. It is a good cause and we should all identify with it.”
On his part, Dr Daniel Oshiale, the Zonal Coordinator, South – south, National Blood Transfusion Service, NBTS said voluntary blood donation is the safest means of obtaining safe blood, and that, when carried out appropriately, had potential to save lives.
“The blood banking system in Nigeria is still poorly developed as a number of centres depend on paid donors whose hematological and infectious status may not determined often times prior to blood donations,” he noted.
He appreciated the OMPAN for helping the NBTS to do its job adding that whereas the blood was being sold at very High prices like N30,000 which is not good for the poor, NBTS was making it available for a token.
