Hold political office holders accountable — University don tells journalists
Professor Lukman Adeshina Azeez of the College of Ilorin has tasked Nigerian journalists to withhold political officeholders accountable.
Delivering a lecture at the massive finale of the 2024 Press Week programme of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara Direct, at Diamond Corridor, Ilorin, on Thursday, he charged journalists to monitor and investigate every model of corruption.
Talking by contrivance of a handbook, Oluwakemi Akerele, Professor Lukman moreover complained in regards to the challenges confronting Nigerian journalists, including unhappy remuneration and insecurity, amongst others.
He, nonetheless, charged journalists within the nation to discharge their duties with all truth and credibility.
In his speech, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, who became as soon as represented by his particular adviser on technique, Malam Saadu Salaudeen, said within the closing 5 years, the verbalize govt had created a conducive ambiance for journalists to objective.
“Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has turned around the verbalize media properties, with working journalists appointed to man them as overall managers.
“The government will continue to partner with the chapel’s NUJ council, for the general trend of the verbalize,” he declared.
The chairman of the Correspondents Chapel, Akeem Garba, asserted that good governance simplest thrives when paired with effective journalism.
“As journalists, we’re anticipated to narrate the truth, promote transparency and accountability, withhold leaders accountable for their actions and maintain bigger their achievements, amongst others,” he said.
Garba moreover acknowledged as on the nationwide leadership of the union to hearken to the resolution and cries of the individuals nationwide to revive the moribund insurance duvet for the individuals as media properties are now no longer exempted from the fresh financial crunch; hence, publishers and media owners can also gathered give precedence to the premise of insurance for individuals.
The chapel chairman moreover acknowledged as on the Nationwide Assembly to straight away maintain a laws making it against the law for any journalist to be attacked whereas performing his or her simply duties.
