Our university days at the University of calabar in the early 80s were indeed hectic.Most students combined acedemic work with journalistic activities.We together with Richard Mammah,Chris Emezue,Keleche Ogbamgba amongst other created a niche for ourselves by establishing and publishing papers on campus. I recall vividly that to most people, we were infact wasting our time. After many years of graduation how is the journalism profession rated? In those days we could call it a thankless job. How it is now? In other developed places journalism may have a place of pride but in Nigeria,Journalism is regarded as a profession for dropout.It is an all comers affairs. Journalists are like instruments,they are used and dump. It is still a thankless job.
