By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Jeunalists have replaced journalists in Nigeria. There used to be journalism in Nigeria but now what we do have is jeunalism, and the difference is clear, as the advert line goes.
The etymology of “jeunalists” goes way back to the Yoruba word “jeun” which means “to eat,” and fact is: the jeunalists are indeed eating today.
What needs to be done now is to have a uniform for the jeunalists to differentiate them from
the older form known as journalists.
For crying out loud, as the cliché goes, jeunalists are in the urgent need for a uniform like policemen.
Whatever a Nigerian policeman can do, a jeunalist can do better.
The brave new Nigerian jeunalists have shown the capacity to actually collect more bribes than policemen - whence the need for these eating jeunalists to have the same make of uniform as their colleagues in bribe-taking, that is, the police.
