Kanchanpur, Aug 12: The Kanchanpur chapter of Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists (FONIJ) organized greetings exchange programme on Thursday to mark 17th years of its establishment.
At the programme, founder Chairperson of FONIJ Kanchanpur District Coordination Council, Basanta Kumar Gurung demanded concerned authorities to work in consistent coordination with FONIJ. He asked the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), government and non-government organizations to mend their working style in a way to coordinate with FONIJ.
FONIJ Kanchanpur Chair Hemanti Chaudhary complained that the government has shown prejudice in allocating budget for FONIJ. The low enrolment of journalists from indigenous nationalists communities attributes to government apathy and media house act of depriving them of salary and benefits.
However, FNj Kanchanpur Chair Laxman Tiwari said that FNJ has given space for the FONIJ to its development and activism and suggested them to coordinate with multiple stakeholders fo contribute to the overall development of journalism.
As many as 400 jounralists are associated to the FONIJ with 46 district chapters, four foreign chapters and eight ethnic journalists’ organizations. RSS
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